evry1falls Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 i have done the register.php fileand it is now wokin as i want to . the problm is that when i tested it along with the register.html file i found out the User can leave the 'username' blank als the 'password' though both are set as "NOT NULL" .... please help me o set the register.php the right way not to enable someone from registering without leavin a blank 'usernme' or 'password' .... here is the script : <?php include("config.php"); // connect to the mysql server $link = mysql_connect($server, $db_user, $db_pass) or die ("Could not connect to mysql because ".mysql_error()); // select the database mysql_select_db($database) or die ("Could not select database because ".mysql_error()); // check if the username is taken $check = "select id from $table where username = '".$_POST['username']."';"; $qry = mysql_query($check) or die ("Could not match data because ".mysql_error()); $num_rows = mysql_num_rows($qry); //if the username already exists. if ($num_rows != 0) { include ("register.html"); echo "Sorry, the username <font color=blue size=+2 face=OrsonsHand> '$username' </font> is already taken.<br>"; echo "<center /><font face=orsonshand size=+2 color=blue><a href=register.html>Try again</a></font>"; exit; } else { // if the username doesn't exists insert the data. $insert = mysql_query("insert into $table values ('NOT NULL', '".$_POST['username']."', '".$_POST['password']."')") or die("Could not insert data because ".mysql_error()); // print a success message echo "<font color=red>Welcome</font> "; echo "<font color=blue size=+2 face=OrsonsHand>$username</font>" ; echo " <font color=red>Your user account has been created!</font><br>"; } mysql_close($link); ?> and here i the register.html : <html> <head> <title>User Registration</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><style type="text/css"> <!-- body { background-color: #000000; } .style1 { font-size: 36px; font-weight: bold; color: #4579B0; } .style3 { color: #365F89; font-weight: bold; font-size: 18px; } .style6 {font-size: 14px; color: #3B6797; font-weight: bold; } #Layer1 { position:absolute; left:13px; top:143px; width:100px; height:700px; z-index:1; } #Layer2 { position:absolute; left:29px; top:865px; width:1063px; height:50px; z-index:2; background-color: #000000; } .style8 { font-size: 24px; color: #3C6793; } .style11 { font-family: OrsonsHand; font-weight: bold; } #Layer3 { position:absolute; left:12px; top:385px; width:100px; height:64px; z-index:3; } .style12 { color: #7AABDE; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; } a:link { color: #3F6D9C; text-decoration: none; } a:visited { color: #8BB6E2; text-decoration: none; } a:hover { color: #D1E2F4; text-decoration: none; } a:active { color: #243E58; text-decoration: none; } .style13 { font-size: 18px; font-family: OrsonsHand; } --> </style> <script src="Scripts/AC_RunActiveContent.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <body> <div id="Layer1"><img src="../project/TITLEa.png" width="100" height="700"></div> <div id="Layer3"> <div align="center"> <p class="style12">Already a member</p> <p class="style12"><a href="index.php" class="style13">Log in</a> </p> </div> </div> <div align="center"> <p><img src="../project/tit.png" width="1103" height="53"></p> </div> <p align="center" class="style1">Register Now</p> <div align="center"><table width="285" height="185"> <form action="register.php" method="post"> <tr> <td width=""><div align="center" class="style3"> <div align="left">Pick an ID :</div> </div></td><td width="120"><div align="center"> <input name="username" type="text" size="20"> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="style3"><div align="left">Password :</div></td><td> <div align="center"> <input type="password" name="password" size="20"> </div></td> </tr><tr><td><input name="Register" type="submit" class="style6" value="Register"></td></tr></form></table> </div> <div align="center"></div> <div id="Layer2"> <hr align="center"> <p align="center" class="style4 style8">©<span class="style11">Ahmed Samir</span></p> </div> </body> </html> please help ....... when i test the register " when i leave both usernme and password empty " it resgisters succefully and this is something i reallydon't want ! Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/56391-user-registeration-please-help/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
virtuexru Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 your not checking your password, only username, and it should be: check should be: <?php $user = $_POST['username']; $check = "select id from $table where username = '$user'"; ?> Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/56391-user-registeration-please-help/#findComment-278514 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluce Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 I use this code for my online application to check for blank fields. you can change it to work with your page .. if (empty($lastname) or empty($middle) or empty($firstname) or empty($address) or empty($address_continue) or empty($city) or empty($state) or empty($zip) or empty($phone) or empty($email) or empty($position)) { $_SESSION['validate'] = "<font color = red>Please fill in all the required fields</font>"; header ("Location: o_application.php"); }else{ Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/56391-user-registeration-please-help/#findComment-278518 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefortrees Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 The empty() function checks to see if a variable is empty. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/56391-user-registeration-please-help/#findComment-278546 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluce Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 I know......... it will stop a person from submitting blank fields Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/56391-user-registeration-please-help/#findComment-278563 Share on other sites More sharing options...
evry1falls Posted June 20, 2007 Author Share Posted June 20, 2007 hi "thefortrees" ......... i got an error about the header which i really don't understand , i think i need to know what " header" is first as i dunno everything as a bignner ! but thanx i will study that code and excute it ! thanx alot man ! Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/56391-user-registeration-please-help/#findComment-278629 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluce Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 the header will redirect you to the specified page. info on header....http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.header.php Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/56391-user-registeration-please-help/#findComment-278826 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefortrees Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 Make sure that the header function is before any HTML code or echo statements or any information sent to the browser, for that matter. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/56391-user-registeration-please-help/#findComment-278829 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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