Use sessions in PHP (super simple, just call session_start() at the top of every page i.e. like in an include file) and use $_SESSION['loginname']
I would strongly recommend using mod_auth_mysql for your authentication. It's easy and probably more secure than anything you can write ;-) Plus it lets users bookmark pages without you having to handle that sort of thing. > -----Original Message----- > From: sgannon60 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 5:08 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: PHP, MYSQL and persistant authentication > > > Hi, > Does anyone know of a good tutorial on setting up a login > page, and passing > the login primary key to other pages so that other tables > will be able to > refernce the unique login > > thanks > steve > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: > http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
