Ok, im very new to php. I mostly only understand using SQL and PRINT funtions. I own the web site amateurelements.com and i am making a new portal for it. How ever i dont know jack crap about log in scripts. Heres what i have [u][b]LogIn Form[/b][/u] [code]<?php if ($_SESSION['user']) { ?> <?php print "<font class=\"greyfont\">"; ?> <b><?php print $_SESSION['user']; ?></b> LOGGED <a href="http://amateurelements.com/Forum/index.php?action=profile"> <?php print "<font class=\"greylink\">"; ?>PROFILE<?php print "</font>"; ?></a> - <a href="http://www.amateurelements.com/submit.php"> <?php print "<font class=\"greylink\">"; ?>SUBMIT CONTENT<?php print "</font>"; ?></a> - <a href="http://www.amateurelements.com/logout.php"> <?php print "<font class=\"greylink\">"; ?>LOGOUT<?php print "</font>"; ?></a> <? } else { ?> <img src="http://www.amateurelements.com/spacer.gif" width="1" height="2" /> <form action="http://www.amateurelements.com/login.php" method="post" name="LogInForm" id="LogInForm"> <input type="text" name="username" id="username" value="USER NAME" onclick="value=''" style="height:20; background-color:666666; color:eedd00; font:'BankGothic Md BT';" /> <input type="password" name="password" id="password" value="PASSWORD" onclick="value=''" style="height:20; background-color:666666; color:eedd00; font:'BankGothic Md BT';" /> <input type="submit" name="login" id="login" value="- LOG -" style="height:20; background-color:666666; color:eedd00; font:'BankGothic Md BT';" /> </form> <?php print "<font class=\"greyfont\">"; ?> Not a member yet? Click <a href="http://www.amateurelements.com/Forum/register.php"> <?php print "<font class=\"greylink\">"; ?>here</font></a> to register and start uploading!</font> <? } ?>[/code] [b][u]LogIn Script[/u][/b] [code]<?php include("http://www.amateurelements.com/CONFIG/STYLE.php"); ?> <?php session_start; ?> <?php $conn = mysql_pconnect("localhost", "amateur", "") or die(mysql_error()); @mysql_select_db(amateur_smf1, $conn) or die(mysql_error()); ?> <?php if ($_GET['login']) { $user = $_POST['username']; $pass = $_POST['password']; $sql = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM amateur_smf1.members WHERE memberName = '$user' AND passwd = '$pass'", $conn) or die( mysql_error()); if (mysql_num_rows($sql) == 1) { $error = false; $_SESSION['user'] = $user; setcookie("user", $user, 0, "/", "amateurelements.com"); print "<?php include(\"http://www.amateurelements.com/logged.php\"); ?>"; ?> <?php } else { $error = "Incorrect username or password!"; } } ?>[/code] [b][u]Logged.php[/u][/b] [code]<html><style type="text/css"> <!-- body,td,th { font-family: BankGothic Md BT; font-size: 14px; color: #EEDD00; } body { background-color: #666666; margin-left: 5%; margin-top: 5%; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 5%; } --> </style> <center> <table width="90%" height="90%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr> <td width="100%" height="17" align="center" valign="top"> <table width="100%" height="17" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#EEDD00"><tr> <td width="17" bgcolor="#EEDD00" align="center" valign="top"> <img src="Images/Basic-Images/Corner-TL.gif"> </td><td width="100%" height="17" background="Images/Backgrounds-Borders/MainBorder-Top.gif" style="background-repeat:repeat-x;"> <img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="10"> </td><td width="17" height="17" bgcolor="#EEDD00" align="center" valign="top"> <img src="Images/Basic-Images/Corner-TR.gif"> </td></tr></table> </td></tr><tr><td width="100%" height="100%" align="center" valign="top"> <table width="100%" height="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#EEDD00"><tr> <td width="10" height="100%" background="Images/Backgrounds-Borders/MainBorder-Left.gif" style="background-repeat:repeat-y;"> <img src="spacer.gif" width="10" height="100%"> </td><td width="100%" height="100%" align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#EEDD00"> <br><br> <font size="6" face="BankGothic Md BT" color="#666666"> LOGGED IN </font><br><br> <font class="<?php print "$greylink"; ?>"> <a href="http://www.amateurelements.com/home.php"> click here to go back to the index page</a> </font> </td><td width="10" height="100%" background="Images/Backgrounds-Borders/MainBorder-Right.gif" style="background-repeat:repeat-y;"> <img src="spacer.gif" width="10" height="100%"> </td></tr></table> </td></tr><tr><td width="100%" height="17" align="center" valign="bottom"> <table width="100%" height="17" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#EEDD00"><tr> <td width="17" height="17" bgcolor="#EEDD00" align="center" valign="bottom"> <img src="Images/Basic-Images/Corner-BL.gif"> </td><td width="100%" height="17" background="Images/Backgrounds-Borders/MainBorder-Bottom.gif" style="background-repeat:repeat-x; background-position:bottom;" valign="bottom"> <img src="spacer.gif" width="1" height="10"> </td><td width="17" height="17" bgcolor="#EEDD00" align="center" valign="bottom"> <img src="Images/Basic-Images/Corner-BR.gif"> </td></tr></table> </td></tr></table> </center> </html>[/code]