[SOLVED] Users with IE and sessions help

[forumnz]

Hi, my site uses sessions for logging in etc. On Firefox it works fine and everything, but on IE it doesn't.

 

Example: My menu is meant to say "Login" if not logged in or "Logout" if you are. On IE it always says "Login" (or Sign In rather).

 

I know PHP is a server executed things, so I don't know why it isn't working - maybe something wrong with the sessions?

 

Please let me know what you need to see (code wise), and I'll post it.

 

Thanks for your help everyone!

Sam.

[revraz]

Either cookies are disabled on the browser or the domain is changing... like www.domain.com and domain.com, those are considered two different domains.

[forumnz]

Its not. Please see www.foodfinder.co.nz and use the login 'sam', pass 'sam'.

 

Thanks.

[hamza]

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There is javascript error it was showing in your werbsite.

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And always use $_SESSION[] for assigning and recieving

session's;

It will not problem you try it

 

 

[forumnz]

This is what I have at the top of my index.php page:

 

<?php
//Start session
session_start();
echo $_SESSION['SESS_MEMBER_ID'];
?>

 

I also have some code in my menu:

 

<?php if(!isset($_SESSION['SESS_MEMBER_ID']) || $_SESSION['SESS_LEVEL_ID'] != '1'){ echo "<a class=\"one\" href=\"/Login.php\">Sign in</a>"; } else { echo "<a class=\"one\" href=\"/Logout.php\">Logout</a>";}?>

 

Can you see anything wrong with these?

 

Also, this is the code that logs the user in:

 

Snippet:

$_SESSION['SESS_MEMBER_ID'] = $member['id'];
		$_SESSION['SESS_LEVEL_ID'] = $member['lvl'];
		session_write_close();

[PFMaBiSmAd]

Usually when a page functions differently in different browsers, it is because the html markup is invalid and one browser renders it correctly and the other one does not. So, it is likely that your login form is invalid html.

 

For anyone here to be able to help with what your code is doing, you would need to post it.

[forumnz]

The login-exec.php:

 

<?php
//Start session
session_start();

include('connectdb.php');

//Sanitize the value received from login field
//to prevent SQL Injection
if(!get_magic_quotes_gpc()) {
	$login=mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['login']);
}else {
	$login=$_POST['login'];
}

//Create query
$qry="SELECT id, lvl, active FROM ffusers WHERE login='$login' AND passwd='".md5($_POST['password'])."' AND active='1'";
$result=mysql_query($qry);
//Check whether the query was successful or not
if($result) {
	if(mysql_num_rows($result)>0) {
		//Login Successful
		session_regenerate_id();
		$member=mysql_fetch_assoc($result);
		$_SESSION['SESS_MEMBER_ID'] = $member['id'];
		$_SESSION['SESS_LEVEL_ID'] = $member['lvl'];
		session_write_close();
		$url=$_POST['url'];
		if($url != "")
		{
		header("location: http://www.foodfinder.co.nz/" . $url);
		}
		else
		{
		header("location: http://www.foodfinder.co.nz/?l=y");
		}
		exit();
	}else {
		//Login failed
		header("location: Login.php?m=fail");
		exit();
	}
}else {
	die("Query failed");
}
?>

 

Is that what you wanted?

 

Please let me know if you can or can't help.

 

Thanks, Sam. 

[forumnz]

Help?

[PFMaBiSmAd]

Put the following in the login-exec.php file, after the session_start(), and post what you get -

 

echo "<pre>";
var_dump($_POST);
echo "</pre>";

[forumnz]

array(4) {

  ["refer"]=>

  string(0) ""

  ["login"]=>

  string(5) "sam"

  ["password"]=>

  string(5) "sam"

  ["Submit"]=>

  string(5) "Login"

[PFMaBiSmAd]

When I tried sam/sam before you added the var_dump code, using IE, it logged in.

 

You will note that with your browser, the length of "sam" is 5 bytes.

 

When I just tried again using IE and FF, the length is correct, 3 bytes.

 

Something in your page or your browser is sending the form data with a length that is not correct. I suspect it might be adding white space.

 

Use the trim() function on the data from the form to see if that corrects the problem.

[forumnz]

Oh sorry its meant to be as below. I used a diff login and then changed it for posting on here.

 

This is as it is:

 

array(4) {

  ["refer"]=>

  string(0) ""

  ["login"]=>

  string(3) "sam"

  ["password"]=>

  string(3) "sam"

  ["Submit"]=>

  string(5) "Login"

}

 

Thanks for your help - any ideas?

 

Sam.

[PFMaBiSmAd]

Using IE and sam/sam, it logged in for me. The POST data is correct. Therefore, it is probably something specific with your browser, such as a corrupt cookie or cookies are not accepted for that domain.

[forumnz]

May I ask, how did you know you were logged in?

 

Sam.

[PFMaBiSmAd]

I tried both the Business Owners and Customers "Sign in" link and after entering sam/sam, the url went to - http://www.foodfinder.co.nz/?l=y and the prompt in the yellow/Business Owners or red/Customers block on the left-hand bottom of the screen changed to "Logout"

[forumnz]

Ok thanks. I guess I'll leave it and deal with any problems as they come.

 

Thanks a lot,

Sam.