Password Protect code w/ custom input fields not working. Help! :)

[gene99]

I have a problem w/ a widely used password protect php code. I use a business directory program that allows custom input fields. I'm using this code to password protect a business listing page in my directory code. I created custom fields for the username & password so a listing can enter their own user/pass but when I test it it won't work when I'm calling/echoing the fields. When I hardcode it w/ a user/pass it works. Any ideas on how I should recode this?:

<?php

// Define your username and password

$username = "<?php echo $custom_74; ?>";

$password = "<?php echo $custom_16; ?>";

if ($_POST['txtUsername'] != $username || $_POST['txtPassword'] != $password) {

?>

<h1>Login</h1>

<form name="form" method="post" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']; ?>">

    <p><label for="txtUsername">Username:</label>

    <br /><input type="text" title="Enter your Username" name="txtUsername" /></p>

    <p><label for="txtpassword">Password:</label>

    <br /><input type="password" title="Enter your password" name="txtPassword" /></p>

    <p><input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Login" /></p>

</form>

<?php

}

else {

?>

 

I close the code correctly.

<?php echo $custom_74; ?> & <?php echo $custom_16; ?> are just incidently my custom field echo codes. I have over 150 custom fields working fine for user/listee options. The password protect code won't accept echos it seems as coded above.

 

Thanks, Gene

[Pikachu2000]

You're already within PHP tags . . .

 

$username = $custom_74;

$password = $custom_16;