What could be wrong!

[I-AM-OBODO]

Hi all,

I am going bald on this one.

I wonder what could be wrong. I could login to my local server but cant login in a live server!

 

thanks all

 

 

<?php



if(isset($_POST['login'])){



$tbl_name="reg_users";



// Define $myusername and $mypassword

$username=$_POST['username'];

$password=$_POST['password'];



// To protect MySQL injection

$username = stripslashes($username);

$password = stripslashes($password);

$username = mysql_real_escape_string($username);

$password = mysql_real_escape_string($password);



if($username == ''){

    echo  "<font color='red' size='-2'><b>Pls Enter User ID</b></font>";

}

if($password == ''){

    echo "<font color='red' size='-2'><b>Pls Enter Password</b></font>";

}else{

$crypt_pass = md5($password);



//check for existance of username and password

$sql="SELECT * FROM $tbl_name WHERE username='$username' and password='$crypt_pass'";

$result=mysql_query($sql);



// Mysql_num_row is counting table row

$count=mysql_num_rows($result);



// If result matched $myusername and $mypassword, table row must be 1 row

if($count==1){

    

// Register username and password and redirect to login page"

$_SESSION['username'] = $username;

$_SESSION['password'] = $password;



header("location: ../folder/filename.php");

exit();

}

else {

//if no match found, echo out error message

echo "<font color='red' size='2'><b>Invalid User ID or Password</b></font><br>";

}    }

 }

ob_end_flush();

?>

[I-AM-OBODO]

Its not redirecting to the intended location

[Yohanne]

if you are using require tag, change it into include. try.

[I-AM-OBODO]

if you are using require tag, change it into include. try.

thanks. tried it but still same problem though

[Yohanne]

what probably error say? or check out quote header('Location:page.php'); 

[I-AM-OBODO]

what probably error say? or check out quote header('Location:page.php'); 

no error, just wont redirect to intended location. works fine on my wamp

[I-AM-OBODO]

i decided to try and create a different file for the login page instead using both code and form in same page and it worked! why wont <?=$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']?> work in my live server?

Edited March 18, 2013 by Mr-Chidi

[Jessica]

It depends on what you mean by "doesn't work", but it sounds like your live server doesn't have short tags enabled.

[AyKay47]

$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] should never be used as a forms action, as it can rather easily be spoofed.

Instead if you want the form to submit to itself, use action=''

Edited March 18, 2013 by AyKay47

[I-AM-OBODO]

It depends on what you mean by "doesn't work", but it sounds like your live server doesn't have short tags enabled.

doesnt work means i could not redirect to my intended page. and how do i check if my live server doesn't have short tags enable and can i enable(nope i guess)

what beats me is that it works on my wamp and i could reach other pages in my target directory

[I-AM-OBODO]

$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] should never be used as a forms action, as it can rather easily be spoofed.

Instead if you want the form to submit to itself, use action=''

thanks and noted

[ignace]

what beats me is that it works on my wamp and i could reach other pages in my target directory

Wamp has short tags enabled, your live server probably doesn't. You can easily check this. If short tags are disabled you'll see, as plaintext:

action="<?= $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] ?>"

In your browser view source.

[I-AM-OBODO]

I do not think the problem is as a result of short tags cos i just tried it with aykay47 method (action="") and still the same behavior.

What on earth could be wrong!!!!

[Jessica]

You're not giving us nearly enough information to help you.

Where exactly is the problem?

[akphidelt2007]

Is the live server's directory set up the same as your local server? ../folder might not be the same on the live server.

[I-AM-OBODO]

You're not giving us nearly enough information to help you.

Where exactly is the problem?

 the problem is that when the username and password is entered, it suppose to redirect to an index but it is not redirecting, but again i could access other pages inside the target folder (which means the session have been set. because it displays the welcome username)

[DaveyK]

have you tried just putting header() up without any IFs and see if that even redirects? Just guessing here

[AyKay47]

What debugging steps have you taken?

Make sure error_reporting is set to E_ALL or -1 and display_errors is set to ON or 1

It may help to post the form

Edited March 19, 2013 by AyKay47

[I-AM-OBODO]

What debugging steps have you taken?

Make sure error_reporting is set to E_ALL or -1 and display_errors is set to ON or 1

It may help to post the form

 

I do not have control over my live server (host) but from my localhost, all is working fine!

 

[PaulRyan]

You can use this at the top of your scripts:

 

error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', 1);
 

Edited March 19, 2013 by PaulRyan