Login button not working -- Brand new to php

[Outlaw782]

So I am trying to connect  a login page to a database I have made already in phpmyadmin. There is one row in this database which includes the username and password already. However, when I type those credentials in, and click the login button oh my login.php page, the page accepts the credentials, but doesn't throw an error/success message back to me. Been looking for countless hours online, finally I decided to come here

login.php

process.php

style.css

Edited April 23, 2017 by Outlaw782

[benanamen]

Your code is a classic example of everything to do wrong. The code is obsolete and has been completely removed from PHP. You need to use PDO and prepared statements.

[capt1701b]

Welcome to the php forum,

 

Looking at your code, you have not added code to say when click login do x,y,z

 

for example

 

if (isset($_post['login']))

{

 

then what you want to happen after login has been pressed

}

 

 

the logic is "has login been pressed? "

 

"yes" then run the code, 

 

mysql has been superseded by mysqli https://www.w3schools.com/php/php_ref_mysqli.asp

 

www.w3schools.com is a good site to learn about php for beginners

[ginerjm]

Please ignore the captain's post. His code is not much better than the code you have copied form elsewhere.

 

Take the first advice - dump the code you have, read up on how to use PDO instead of MySQL and then do a little reading or maybe take a tutorial and LEARN how to code.

 

PS - you button and inputs will be retrieve via the $_POST array, not $_post, since PHP is CASE-SENSITIVE!

[Strider64]

I like this link https://phpdelusions.net/pdo, but I don't agree with everything they write. However, for the most part it's very informative and won't steer you wrong. (In my opinion)