How to create the section on login forms which lets users log in forever ?

[jd2007]

How to create the section on login forms which lets users log in forever ?...is it done usig cookies...i create my login systems with sessions...

[Fadion]

I create my logins system with sessions too, but when you need the system to remember the user, than just stick to cookies.

 

You can create the cookie with the time limit you want:

 

setcookie('name', 'value', expire_time)

 

For one hour expire:

setcookie('name', 'value', time()+3600)

 

For ten days expire:

setcookie('name', 'value', time()+60*60*24*10)

 

You can set it to expire after 10 years (time()+60*60*24*365*10), so it practically is forever 

 

 

[jd2007]

<?php
session_start();
header("Cache-control: private"); 

if ($_POST["login_username"]&&$_POST["login_password"])
{

  include("connect.php");
  $querya="SELECT confirm FROM users WHERE username='$_POST[login_username]' AND password='$_POST[login_password]'";
  $resulta=mysql_fetch_array(mysql_query($querya));
  if ($resulta['confirm']==1)
  {
  $queryb="SELECT * FROM users WHERE username='$_POST[login_username]' AND password='$_POST[login_password]'";
  $resultb=mysql_fetch_array(mysql_query($queryb));
  
  if($resultb>0){
    
    $_SESSION['Logged In']="true";
    $_SESSION['username']=$resultb['username'];
    $_SESSION['password']=$resultb['password'];
    $_SESSION['credits']=$resultb['credits'];
    $_SESSION['admin']=$resultb['admin'];
    header("location:index.php");
    }
  else {
    echo "Wrong username or password.";
  }
  }
  else 
  {
   echo "Please click <a href='resend.php'>here</a> to resend your confirmation mail."; echo $resultb; 
  }
}
else if (($_POST["login_username"]=="")&&$_POST["login_password"])
{
echo "Please enter your username.";
}
else if ($_POST["login_username"]&&($_POST["login_password"]==""))
{
echo "Please enter your password.";
}
else if (($_POST["login_username"]=="")&&($_POST["login_password"]==""))
{
echo "Please enter your username and password.";
}
else {}
?>

 

as u can see above, i use sessions, how to i modify the code above to switch to cookies...

[jd2007]

never mind, i know how to do it now

[Fadion]

ok glad you found it, anyway for who doesnt know how to replace sessions with cookies in a case like this, just replace the $_SESSION['name'] = 'value' with setcookie('name', 'value', time()+3600). To request the value of a cookie, just use $_COOKIE['name']. And you dont need to use session_start() anymore.