Hello,
I'm trying to password protect a page with PHP, using forms and $_POST data
and all that stuff. However, I'm running into problems setting it so that if
the POST is equal to a certain thing, it'll do this or that (using if...else
commands) and also problems with just getting blank pages whenever I use the
if...else commands. I tried this two different ways, illustrated below.
Here is what my original log in page 1 looks like.
<?php
echo <<<_HTML_
<form method="post" action="testing2.php">
Username: <input type="text" name="user">
<br>
<input type="submit" value="submit">
</form>
_HTML_;
?>
This page shows up ok, with the form generating just fine. The problem is
when I get to the action page, testing2.php. Here is that:
<?php
if ($_POST['user']) == me {
echo "it's me!";
} else {
echo "not me";
?>
This page just shows up as blank (after I submit on the log in page). What am
I doing wrong?
Also, I tried putting it all one page using if...else and $_SERVER[PHP_SELF]
like this:
<?php
// print if form was submitted
if ($_POST['user'] {
echo "hey it works";
} else {
// if they are just viewing the page for first time
echo <<<_HTML_
<form method="post" action="$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]">
Username: <input type="text" name="user">
<br>
<input type="submit" value="submit">
</form>
_HTML_;
?>
However, all I get is a blank page on this one as well. What am I doing
wrong?
Help sincerely appreciated,
Andrew
