How can I protect a page from other users

[TeddyKiller]

I have a page to display information to that user only.

How do I protect it so that nobody else can access it?

 

It's probably simple but I'm puzzled.

[oni-kun]

I can safely assume the user has logged in. Simply place their user name within the current session (as people do for authenticated programs) and you can easily make this:

 

//editdetails.php?id=24 An automated example

if ($_SESSION['userid'] != $_GET['id']) {
   die('You\'re not authenticated to view this page!'));
}

//Authenticated content

 

Of course that is a mockup example, and you should generate a solid system of how you handle the user's IDs appropriate for what you are doing, but authentication per user is as simple as that.

[TeddyKiller]

Yeah. I was going to use a Hash for more security, I just thought.. it wouldn't work, yet it would, no it wouldn't. Though with some thinking, it would actually work.

Thanks for putting my head straight!