p_tru Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 I am trying to use sessions on one of my pages but the session does not seem to be working, can someone tell me if i have created the session right:[code]<?php session_start(); ?><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN""http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"><?php///connect to the database$conn = @mysql_connect("mysql.cms.gre.ac.uk","tp311",password);@mysql_select_db ("mdb_tp311", $conn);?><html><head><title>Untitled Document</title><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="pete.css" /></head><body><?php if (isset($_POST['login'])) { $message = NULL;/*the following code checks whether anything hasbeen entered into the two text boxes*/ if (empty($_POST['user'])) {$user = FALSE;$message .= '<p>whats your username</p>';} else { $user = $_POST['user'];}if (empty($_POST['Pass'])){ $Pass = FALSE; $message .='<p>password</p>'; } else { $Pass = $_POST['Pass']; } if ($user && $Pass){$query = "SELECT username FROM customer WHERE username='$user' AND password ='$Pass' ";$result = @mysql_query ($query,$conn); if ($result){$row = mysql_fetch_array ($result, MYSQL_NUM); //mysql_fetch array fetches a result row as an assosiative array, numeric or both if ($row){/*a*/$_SESSION['username'] = $row[0]; echo '<p>match found: you are now logged in</p><br><p>Please Click <a href="User.php"><u>here</u></a></p>';$_SESSION[validated] = "yes"; }/*a*/exit(); /*display wrong password or username*/ } else { $message .= 'no match found'; } }}?><table class="main"><tr><td colspan="2"><img src= ""/></td><td><?php if (isset( $_SESSION['username'] )) {echo '<p><a href="logout.php">Logout</a></p><br/>';}else{echo "<form action='" . $_SERVER['PHP_SHELF'] . "' method='POST' />";echo "<div align='right'>";echo "Username:<input type='text' name='user' value='";if(isset($_POST['user'])) { echo $_POST['user'];}echo "' ><br>";echo "Password:<input type='password' name='Pass' value='";if(isset($_POST['Pass'])) { echo $_POST['Pass'];}echo "' ><br>";echo "<input type='submit' name='login' value='login'></div>";echo "</form>";echo '<br><p><a href="reg.php">Register</a></p></td><td></td></tr>';}?>[/code][b]and how can i use the username for this session and use it in a sql query[/b]Help!Petey Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/4583-using-sessions/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
k.soule Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 Number one: Session capability must be enabled on your server, I don't think it is by default if you are hosting your own server.Number two: session_start() must come before ANY other output. Try this code to see if sessions work in their purest form --[code]<?phpsession_start();$_SESSION['username'] = "phpfreak";if($_GET['action'] === 'echo') { print $_SESSION['username'] . " -- Sessions work!";}else { print("<a href='" . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . "?action=echo'> Click this link to test sessions </a>");} ?>[/code]If it doesn't, you don't have session capability. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/4583-using-sessions/#findComment-16029 Share on other sites More sharing options...
p_tru Posted March 10, 2006 Author Share Posted March 10, 2006 Yes i have session capability, this is the other page i am trying to use the session:[code]<?php session_start();include('head.inc'); ?><?php$_SESSION['username'] = $user;echo '<table><tr>';$list ="SELECT i.title, i.cost, i.pictureFROM item i, Recommended_item r, p_history p, customer cWHERE r.item1_id = p.ItemNoAND r.item2_id = i.item_idAND p.customer_id = c.customer_idAND c.username = '$user'";$list_result = @mysql_query($list,$conn);while ($row= mysql_fetch_array($list_result, MYSQL_ASSOC)){echo'<td><img class="image" width =60px height =100px src="' .$row["picture"]. '" alt="picture"/><br> <a href="User.php?id=' .$row['Title'] . '">' .$row['cost']. '</a><br>' .$row['cost']. '<br><h1>Recomended Items</h1></td></tr><tr>';}echo '</tr></table>';?><?php include('foot.inc');?>[/code]Is this right to use with my other code where i created the session???HELP!Petey Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/4583-using-sessions/#findComment-16107 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joecooper Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 $_SESSION['username'] = $user;that will make the session username to be what ever $user is on that page.are you sure youve got this the wrong way around? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/4583-using-sessions/#findComment-16108 Share on other sites More sharing options...
p_tru Posted March 10, 2006 Author Share Posted March 10, 2006 [!--quoteo(post=353599:date=Mar 10 2006, 12:33 PM:name=joecooper)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(joecooper @ Mar 10 2006, 12:33 PM) [snapback]353599[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--]$_SESSION['username'] = $user;that will make the session username to be what ever $user is on that page.are you sure youve got this the wrong way around?[/quote]I try it the other way and it seems to work now, so thanksPetey Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/4583-using-sessions/#findComment-16207 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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