[SOLVED] SESSION var problem - HELP

[SilentQ-noob-]

I want to password protect a portfolio page on my website, but its not working out. I want to set a session variable to 0, then redirect to login if it does  = 0. On the login page, once the password is entered, I set the variable to 1 and redirect back to portfolio- but it doesnt work. When I run the script with this code:

portfolio.php

<?php
session_start();
$_SESSION['password'] = 0;
  if($_SESSION['password'] = 0) {
  header("location: login.php");
}
?>

 

and this code on login.php

<?php
session_start();
if(isset($_POST['password'])) {
  if ($_POST['password'] == "example") { 
   $_SESSION['password'] = 1; 
   echo "Login Successful!" ;
header("location: portfolio.php");
  exit;
  }
}
?>

When I click on "portfolio" in the menu bar, it goes right to portfolio.php, and not to login

[GingerRobot]

Well, firstly you're using the assignment operator inside your if statement (single equals sign), which is always going to evaluate to true. However, you're also setting the value of $_SESSION['password'] to 0 right before you check it, so its never going to work. This should do the trick:

 

<?php
session_start();
  if($_SESSION['password'] == 0) {
  header("location: login.php");
}
?>

 

[SilentQ-noob-]

Thank you very much