very basic login system

[m00nz00mer]

hey, i was wondering if anyone could assist me in any way, in creating a very basic login system in php, basically i had this in mind... index.php will include a username and password form, if it is entered correcly, it will go to homepage.php else go to passwordError.php page.

 

is this the way to do it?

[helbom]

you want to store the username and password in index.php?

[BlueSkyIS]

i suggest that you learn about sessions:

 

http://us2.php.net/session

 

[pocobueno1388]

Yes, that sounds like a good way to do it.

 

You should start coding and ask specific questions about your code when you get stuck. If you are completely lost to how to even start, I recommend reading basic tutorials.

www.tizag.com

www.w3schools.com

[m00nz00mer]

thanks, ive actually been trying this...

 

<?

$username = "user";

$password = "password";

 

 

if ($_POST['loginUserName']!= $username ¦¦ $_POST['loginPassword']!= $password) {

?>

 

<h4>Login Below:</h4>

 

<div class="detailTextGrey">

 

<!-- Login Form -->

<form name="form" method="post" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>">

User Name: <input type="text" name="loginUserName"> <br />

Password: <input type="password" name="loginPassword"> <br /><br />

 

<input type="hidden" name="submitted" value="1" />

<input type="submit" value="Submit">

</form>

 

<?

}

else {

?>

 

but im getting an error...

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING in line 29

 

[BlueSkyIS]

where is line 29? what happens after this?

 

<?
   }
   else {
   ?>

[m00nz00mer]

line 29 is this...

if ($_POST['loginUserName']!= $username ¦¦ $_POST['loginPassword']!= $password) {

and after that else im putting the html code which should be protected.

[BlueSkyIS]

ah, i think you're not using the right pipe symbol. ||

[m00nz00mer]

ah awesome! how could i implement this basic system so that if you had already entered a password and you go back to this page, it will load the protected content?

[clown[NOR]]

use sessions. set a session with the username and password and make it verify that the info stored in the session is the same as the stored username and password. then if (session-is-the-same) { "show-the-super-protected-top-secret-documents" }