Thanx a bunch you guys! Got my login process going the way I wanted it. I appreciate your help, as I['m new to php. The first of many questions I suppose :) Cheers Joe
"Christopher William Wesley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > On Mon, 12 Nov 2001, Joe Van Meer wrote: > > > Thx Christopher for replying. Ok, let me see if I understand you > > correctly... > > > > The user enters username and password on index.php, this is posted to > > login.php. On login.php after I verify the user is who he/she says they are > > I set a cookie called "accessedbefore" to "yes" and redirect them to the > > Exactly. > > > main page. Am I allowed to set a cookie and redirect them after determining > > who the user is? How would I redirect them after setting the cookie? Header > > You can set a cookie any time before any standard output is sent to the > browser (and before you send a new Location header). > > Your login.php can look something like this (with pseudo-ish code) ... > > <?php > $input_ok = validate_user_input( $username, $password ); > if( $input_ok ){ > $user_ok = authenticate_user( $username, $password ); > if( $user_ok ){ > setcookie( "myuser", "ok", time()+7200, "/" ); > header( "Location: congratulations.html" ); > } else { > header( "Location: go_away.html" ); > } > } else { > header( "Location: go_away.html" ); > } > ?> > > > ~Chris /"\ > \ / September 11, 2001 > X We Are All New Yorkers > / \ rm -rf /bin/laden > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
