[SOLVED] USM - Urgent!

[mnielsen]

Could someone please point me in the direction of a solid user management system, what I'm honestly after is a login script that I can base mine off. I'm not the greatest with PHP so I'm reaching out.

 

Any suggestions?

[hitman6003]

Define "solid user management system".  If you only want to manage username/password combos, then there is a million examples and tutorials on the internet.  Google is your friend.

 

If you want something more robust, e.g., profiles w/pictures, etc., then look at systems that provide similar functionality to what you are trying to create...if you are creating a forum, look to the code of SMF.  If you are creating a wiki, look to the code of Mediawiki.

[andrewgarn]

Figured as your new to the forum you wanted something simple. There are many examples on the internet for this (google php login tutorial). You will need a mySQL database and a server with php installed on it.

 

You should follow a tutorial to learn how to do it, rather than just copying off a website.

 

However, Login is pretty simple:

 

You create a database table in mySQL e.g. Users with two fields, username and password

 

then create a html form which the user types their login details into

 

e.g.: index.html

 

<form name="login" method="post" action="login.php">
<h5>Please Log In:</h5>
<p><b>Username: </b><input name="username" type="text" value="" /></p>
<p><b>Password: </b><input type="password" name="password"></p>
<p><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Login"></p>
</form>

 

this loads login.php which just needs to check that the details entered are in the table

 

e.g. login.php

 

$username = $_POST['username'];
$password = $_POST['password'];

//Database connection settings go here

$logincheck = "SELECT * FROM user WHERE username = '$username' AND password = '$password'";

if (mysql_num_rows($result) != 1) {
echo "Invalid Login - Please Try Again";
include "index.html";
} 
else {
echo "Congratulations on you login";
}