but what if I wanted the variable $error to be a message. I want to set a
variable called $error to something like "invalided password" then display
this on the login page.
Cheers
Matt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Rogers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "matthew oatham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 12:24 AM
Subject: Re: [PHP] setting request variables
> Hi,
>
> Thursday, March 4, 2004, 9:08:19 AM, you wrote:
> mo> Hi,
>
> mo> I have created a small login system for my website. However
> mo> if a user logs in incorrectly I want to display a error message
> mo> currently I use the code
>
> mo> echo "You could not be logged in! Either the username and
> mo> password do not match or you have not validated your membership!
> mo> <br />
> mo> Please try again! <br />";
> mo> include ("login.php");
>
> mo> However this appears at the top of my website but I want it
> mo> to appear above the login form so I though I could set a variable
> mo> in the request called "error" or similar then on the login page
> mo> just above the login form check for the presence of the request
> mo> variable "error" and print the appropriate message. So I want to
> mo> do the following:
>
> mo> SET REQUEST VARIABLE ERROR HERE
> mo> include ("login.php");
>
> mo> But can I set a request variable? i.e in JAVA I would do
> mo> HttpRequest.setAttribute("error", true); etc..
>
> mo> Any help?
>
> mo> Cheers
>
> add something like this to login.php
>
> if(!empty($error)){
> echo '<tr><td>'.$error.'</td></tr>';
> }
>
> as it is included it will have $error available to it
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> regards,
> Tom
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