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How do I get database values for currently logged in users?


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I'd like to display a user profile for the currently logged in user so they can edit their contact details. I already have a secure login scripted which works well and it stores the user_id, username and a login_string into session variables. The login_string is a long alphanumeric string of hashed values used when checking the logged in status of the user but it's not stored in the database.

 

My concern is if I pass the user_id from the session variable to the model to get the user contact information, the user can easily change that variable in order to display someone else's information. So should I continuously hash the same variables to compare the login_function or should I just store it in the database once the user logs in so that's it's readily available to do a comparison on any time I need database information.

 

Does that make sense?

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