[SOLVED] $_SESSION help

[trilbyfish]

i have a logged in page which when a user logs in, greets them by using their firstname from the session that has been created. For some reason it wont print the surname of the person who has just logged in, only the firstname.

 

<?
session_name('visit');
session_start();

//check for session value
if(!isset($_SESSION['agent']) OR ($_SESSION['agent'] != md5($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']))){

// Redirect the user to the loggedin.php page.
// Start defining the URL.
   $url = 'http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . dirname($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);
   // Check for a trailing slash.
   if ((substr($url, -1) == '/') OR (substr($url, -1) == '\\') ) {
    $url = substr ($url, 0, -1); // Chop off the slash.
   }
// Add the page.
   $url .= '/members.php';
   
   header("Location: $url");
   exit(); 
// Quit the script.
  }

//set up message

echo "<h1>Logged In!</h1>";


echo "<p>You are now logged in, {$_SESSION['firstname']} {$_SESSION['surname']}!</p>";

?>

 

Please if someone could help i would be very grateful

Thanks in advance

[BlueSkyIS]

$_SESSION['surname'] is not set.

[trilbyfish]

in the page of code that defines the session, the login page, i have the following code

 

// Set the session data & redirect.
		session_name ('visit');
		session_start();
		$_SESSION['id'] = $row[0];
		$_SESSION['firstname'] = $row[1];
                        $_SESSION['surname'] = $row[2];
		$_SESSION['agent'] = md5($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']);

		// Redirect the user to the loggedin.php page.
		// Start defining the URL.
		$url = 'http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . dirname($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);
		// Check for a trailing slash.
		if ((substr($url, -1) == '/') OR (substr($url, -1) == '\\') ) {
			$url = substr ($url, 0, -1); // Chop off the slash.
		}
		// Add the page.
		$url .= '/loggedin.php';

		header("Location: $url");
		exit(); // Quit the script.

 

i added in the

 $_SESSION['surname'] = $row[2];

when i realised i had missed it out, but when i login it still only shows the firstname on the welcome message.

[BlueSkyIS]

what is $row?

 

[trilbyfish]

$row is the array i think, or what slot of the session array it is in, i think.

 

i can print the id of the logged on user using this, so i dont know why the surname cant be printed

[trilbyfish]

please help, i really cant think what the problem is.

[trq]

Can we see where you define $row including where your query that authenticates each user?

[trilbyfish]

solved!

silly me!

i hadnt selected surname from the sql table which i didnt post in the above code

 

i have now added surname to the SELECT query, and it works!