Secured webpage

[DimitriDV]

Hi there,

 

I need to develop a webpage, only meant to be seen by one person.

So, I'm planning to use a login BEFORE that webpage... Does anyone have a link how I do that?

 

 

 

e.g.

- http://www.mywebsite.be/hiddenpage

- login & password

- http://www.mywebsite.be/newpage (which cannot be seen via entering this direct link!)

 

 

 

Frankly, I have no idea :-)

 

 

 

 

*edit: there's a topic in here concerning php login:

 

 

<?php

/*Variables that are passed through the forum, assuming your forum has a password and username field.*/
$username = $_POST['username'];
$password = md5($_POST['pass']);

/*Everything related to database work.*/
mysql_connect ('localhost','username','password');
mysql_select_database ('database_name');

$query = "SELECT * FROM tablename WHERE username = '$username' AND password = '$password'"; //Assuming you have your 'tablename', and a 'username' and 'password' fields on your table.
$result = mysql_query($query); //Throws the query and stores the value in the $result variable.
$num = mysql_num_rows($result); //Now num has a value. If your site does NOT allow more than one unique username, the value on this variable will be either 1 or 0.

/*Time to test.*/

if($num == 1){ //If there is a username with that password in the database:

   #Loggin successful!

} else { //If there is not a username with that password:

   #Error loggin in!

}
?>

 

 

so actually, my question is: what do I write after

 

 

if($num == 1){ //If there is a username with that password in the database:

   #Loggin successful!

 

sorry if this is a dumb question but if I type someting like a redirect to a certain webpage,

I'm still not convinced that people cannot access this webpage via a direct link!

 

I need to have a mandatory login, even with a direct access...

[waynew]

You'll need to give them a session like so:

 

if($num == 1){
$_SESSION['logged_in'] = true;
//then redirect to secure page
header('Location: securepage.php');
}

 

Then on the secure page you must check to see if that user was given a session:

 

if(!isset($_SESSION['logged_in'])){
//redirect to login form
header('Location: login.php');
}
//page contents

[DimitriDV]

sorry guys, problem solved via some script I downloaded...

http://www.globalissa.com/showcase.php?n=1&p=15

 

works fine!