login form using array

[perezf]

i am trying to make this login script using arrays to work but my login always comes back incorrect
what could be the problem
[code]//assigns the username and password
$username = array("admin", "frank", "money");
$password = array("password", "thepass", "test");

//reads the users input and assigns a name
$user = $_POST['user'];
$pass = $_POST['pass'];


//checks to see if the username and password are correct
if ($user == $username[count($username)] && $pass == $password[count($password)]) {[/code]

[radalin]

instead of

if ($user == $username[count($username)] && $pass == $password[count($password)]) {

try

if ($user == $username[(count($username) - 1)] && $pass == $password[(count($password) - 1)]) {


but I'm curious how this authentication works? you can only check if the user is the last user or it will always do the wrong thing.

If you intend to define passowords and usernames in an array, which I strongly recommend to keep them in a database, you could something like this.

$auth = array("admin" => "password", "frank" => "thepass", "test" => "money");

then in your if statement do this

if ( $auth[$user] == $pass )
echo "you logged in...";

[perezf]

why do you use -1

[radalin]

because the array begins from 0th element and not first your count($username) will return 3 and there is no element at 3. Instead there are 0,1 and 2.

[perezf]

ok got it thank you