PHP Session and cookies array

[jason360]

Hey guys,

 

I have a login system that welcomes the user with their first name.  The system is working however it will not display the name when I log in with cookies, however the print_r array for cookies is showing that the 'first' name is working.

 

I am hacking away trial and error but not sure how to do this.  I tried various combos.  My cookie is $COOKIE['first']

 

My code is as follows:

<div class="tab">
	<ul class="login">
    	<li class="left"> </li>
        <li>Hello <?php echo $_SESSION['first'] ? $_SESSION['first']: 'Guest';?>!</li>
		<li class="sep">|</li>
		<li id="toggle">
			<a id="open" class="open" href="#"><?php echo $_SESSION['user_id']?'Open Panel':'Log In | Register';?></a>
			<a id="close" style="display: none;" class="close" href="#">Close Panel</a>			
		</li>
    	<li class="right"> </li>
	</ul> 
</div> <!-- / top -->

 

 

 

Thanks again!

 

JK

[jason360]

Just in addition to the above:

 

Would including cookies to this statement:

if(!$_SESSION['user_id']):

 

be done like this?:

if((!$_SESSION['user_id'])||(!$_COOKIE['user_id'])):

[requinix]

Your "login" process has to check for a cookie and, if present and valid, use that to populate information in the session. Besides that code you don't really have to care about cookies.