After Successful Login...what next?

[DoQtor N0]

I am new so please forgive me if my questions are very very simplistic in nature.

 

After my user logs in successfully, how can I have the new screen to display their name?  I capture their name in the code already.

[jcbones]

How you capture the name, is strictly tied to how you display it.

 

In short, we need to see some code:

 

[colap]

I am new so please forgive me if my questions are very very simplistic in nature.

 

After my user logs in successfully, how can I have the new screen to display their name?  I capture their name in the code already.

Post code.

[DoQtor N0]

Here is the code from the checkuser.php

 

<?

/* Check User Script */

session_start();  // Start Session

 

include 'db.php';

// Conver to simple variables

$username = $_POST['username'];

$password = $_POST['password'];

 

if((!$username) || (!$password)){

echo "Please enter ALL of the information! <br />";

include 'Client_ActErr.php';

exit();

}

 

// Convert password to md5 hash

$password = md5($password);

 

// check if the user info validates the db

$sql = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM Clients WHERE username='$username' AND password='$password' AND activated='1'");

$login_check = mysql_num_rows($sql);

 

if($login_check > 0){

while($row = mysql_fetch_array($sql)){

foreach( $row AS $key => $val ){

$$key = stripslashes( $val );

}

// Register some session variables!

session_register('first_name');

$_SESSION['first_name'] = $first_name;

session_register('last_name');

$_SESSION['last_name'] = $last_name;

session_register('email_address');

$_SESSION['email_address'] = $email_address;

session_register('special_user');

$_SESSION['user_level'] = $user_level;

 

mysql_query("UPDATE Clients SET last_login=now() WHERE pk_client_id ='$userid'");

 

header("Location: index.html");

}

} else {

//echo "You could not be logged in! Either the username and password do not match or you have not validated your registration!<br />

//Please try again!<br />";

include 'Client_ActErr.php';

}

?>

[colap]

header("Location: filename.html");

In filename.html

echo $_SESSION['first_name'];

[DoQtor N0]

Here's what i have...

 

<div id = "leftside">

    <p>          <span class="style14 style5 style15"><a href="client_page.php"><img src="media/client_login_ov.gif" width="180" height="28" border="0"></a></span><a href="#"></a><br>

  <br>

  <?

    if(!$first_name){

echo $_SESSION['first_name'];

<br />

}

?>

[Pikachu2000]

<?php  // <--- always use full tag syntax
        session_start();  // <--- must include session_start() before using session data
        if(!$first_name){ // <--- this appears to be undefined, therefore will always return TRUE
         echo $_SESSION['first_name'];
         <br />
         }
      ?>

[DoQtor N0]

The main screen comes up and I have a Client login button on it. Once the client logs in, I would like to replace the client login button with a "Welcome Mr Smith". Once they logout, the Client Login button reappears.

[BlueSkyIS]

did you update your code based on Pikachu2000's observations and suggestions?

[ZulfadlyAshBurn]

I used this script on my own website and its working. coded by myself though

<?php
session_start();

if(!isset($_SESSION['first_name'])){


echo "<form action='checkuser.php' method='post' name='login'>
Username:<br><input class='login' name='username' type='text' value=''>
Password:<br><input class='login' name='password' type='password' value=''><br><input name='Submit' type='submit' value='SUBMIT!'>
</form>";
}
else {

echo "<center> Welcome, ";
echo ($_SESSION['first_name']);
}
?>