Remembering someone's details... sessions?

[dmccabe]

I have finally got my ldap authentication script working as it needs to.

 

Now when someone logs in, I can grab their full name and what department they are part of from AD server, but how can I store them so  they dont have to log in on every page.

 

basically I have put my authentication script in header.php  then once they have logged in if they go to another page which calles header.php then they have to log in again.

 

How can I make it remember them for the full time they are on the site and also so I can grab their dept no matter what page I am on.

[ikmyer]

<?php
session_start();

$_SESSION['fullname'] = $row['fullname']; // $row['fullname'] being the info from the db you check against.
$_SESSION['dept'] = $row['dept']; // same for $row['dept']
?>

 

That will store the info in a session from page to page... then you can access the session:

 

<?php
session_start();

echo $_SESSION['fullname'];
echo $_SESSION['dept'];
?>

 

Or do auth checks or whatever

 

Check out - http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.session-start.php for more info....

[pauleth]

I completely agree with IKMYER - for what you are trying to do, sessions definitely seem the way to go... 

[dmccabe]

thanks guys I will have a look in to it.