if username

[ecabrera]

hey how dose if username work

 

<?php $title = "Add Video";
?>
<?php require("styles/top.php"); ?>

<?php

if ($username){



}
else
	echo "<h2><font color='red'>You must be logged view this Part.</font></h2>";

?>

<?php require("styles/bottom.php"); ?>

 

 

if i put things like this and add welcome to this it wont work the whole page will turn white when i refresh why is that

 

<?php $title = "Add Video";
?>
<?php require("styles/top.php"); ?>

<?php

if ($username){

<h2>Welcome To this </h>

}
else
	echo "<h2><font color='red'>You must be logged view this Part.</font></h2>";

?>

<?php require("styles/bottom.php"); ?>

[MasterACE14]

this...

<h2>Welcome To this </h>

needs to be within an echo...

echo '<h2>Welcome To this </h>';

[ecabrera]

so everything inside the if username should be echo

[MasterACE14]

only the output. HTML can't just sit inside PHP tags.

[ecabrera]

ok thanks

[phpSensei]

Hi There,

 

this is a poor approach to validate a user's session, please see below for a proper and more secure approach.

 

<?php

session_start();

if (!isset($_SESSION['username']))
{
    session_regenerate_id();
    $_SESSION['username'] = false;
}elseif((isset($_SESSION['username']) && ($_SESSION['username'] == "")){

  $_SESSION['username'] = false;

}

?>

[ecabrera]

what makes it more secrue

[phpSensei]

Ecabrera, just in case in the future you are using Session Identifiers and you want to prevent Session fixation, Session Hijacking, this is a more solid overall approach. My code above is what I ment...

 

Thanks.

[ecabrera]

ok thanks

[phpSensei]

Np sir! If you have anymore questions about sessions, let us know.