wow sessions and cookie on the same page? why dont you just use one or the other? I pref sessions. never the less.
your not setting the exp, path, or domain in your setcookie() you must do all those. setcookie('name', 'chris lee', time()+84700, '/', 'www.mediawaveonline.com'); -- Chris Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Jack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Dear all > Here is the Code for my Login.php page > > <?php > // *** Start the session > session_start(); > // *** Validate request to log in to this site. > $KT_LoginAction = $PHP_SELF; > if ($QUERY_STRING!="") $KT_LoginAction .= "?".$QUERY_STRING; > $KT_valUsername=$user; > if (isset($KT_valUsername)) { > $KT_fldUserAuthorization="Username"; > $KT_redirectLoginSuccess="index.php"; > $KT_redirectLoginFailed="LOGIN.php"; > $KT_rsUser_Source="SELECT Username, Password "; > if ($KT_fldUserAuthorization != "") $KT_rsUser_Source .= "," . > $KT_fldUserAuthorization; > $KT_rsUser_Source .= " FROM login WHERE Username='" . $KT_valUsername . "' > AND Password='" . $password . "'"; > $KT_rsUser=$Mysql_nedcorhk->Execute($KT_rsUser_Source) or > DIE($Mysql_nedcorhk->ErrorMsg()); > if ($KT_rsUser->RecordCount()==1) { > // username and password match - this is a valid user > $KT_Username=$KT_valUsername; > session_register("KT_Username"); > if ($KT_fldUserAuthorization != "") { > $KT_UserAuthorization=$KT_rsUser->Fields($KT_fldUserAuthorization); > } else { > $KT_UserAuthorization=""; > } > session_register("KT_UserAuthorization"); > if (isset($accessdenied) && false) { > $KT_redirectLoginSuccess = $accessdenied; > } > $KT_rsUser->Close(); > session_register("KT_login_failed"); > $KT_login_failed = false; > header ("Location: $KT_redirectLoginSuccess"); > exit; > } > $KT_rsUser->Close(); > session_register("KT_login_failed"); > $KT_login_failed = true; > header ("Location: $KT_redirectLoginFailed"); > exit; > setcookie("username",$user); > } > ?> > <html> > <head> > <title>Login Page</title> > <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> > <script language="JavaScript"> > <!-- > function MM_findObj(n, d) { file://v4.0 > var p,i,x; if(!d) d=document; > if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) { > d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);} > if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) > x=d.forms[i][n]; > for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) > x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers[i].document); > if(!x && document.getElementById) x=document.getElementById(n); return x; > } > > function MM_validateForm() { file://v4.0 > var i,p,q,nm,test,num,min,max,errors='',args=MM_validateForm.arguments; > for (i=0; i<(args.length-2); i+=3) { test=args[i+2]; > val=MM_findObj(args[i]); > if (val) { nm=val.name; if ((val=val.value)!="") { > if (test.indexOf('isEmail')!=-1) { p=val.indexOf('@'); > if (p<1 || p==(val.length-1)) errors+='- '+nm+' must contain an > e-mail address.\n'; > } else if (test!='R') { > if (isNaN(val)) errors+='- '+nm+' must contain a number.\n'; > if (test.indexOf('inRange') != -1) { p=test.indexOf(':'); > min=test.substring(8,p); max=test.substring(p+1); > if (val<min || max<val) errors+='- '+nm+' must contain a number > between '+min+' and '+max+'.\n'; > } } } else if (test.charAt(0) == 'R') errors += '- '+nm+' is > required.\n'; } > } if (errors) alert('The following error(s) occurred:\n'+errors); > document.MM_returnValue = (errors == ''); > } > file://--> > </script> > </head> > <body bgcolor="#E8E9E0" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#0000FF" > alink="#FF0000"> > <div align="center"> > <p><b><font size="+3"><u>Nedcor Internal WebSite</u></font></b></p> > <p><b>Please Provide your Username and Password for the Internal > Web.</b></p> > <? > print ("Diagnostic Information<br>"); > print ("Session Name : " . session_name() . "<br>\n"); > print ("Session ID : " . session_id() . "<br>\n"); > ?> > <form action="<?php echo $KT_LoginAction?>" name="LOGIN" method="post" > onSubmit="MM_validateForm('user','','R','password','','R');return > document.MM_returnValue"> > <table width="75%" border="0"> > <tr> > <td width="49%"> > <div align="right"><b>Username</b></div> > </td> > <td width="51%"> > <input type="text" name="user"> > </td> > </tr> > <tr> > <td width="49%"> > <div align="right"><b>Password</b></div> > </td> > <td width="51%"> > <input type="password" name="password"> > </td> > </tr> > </table> > <p> > <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit"> > <input type="reset" name="Submit2" value="Reset"> > </p> > </form> > <p> </p> > > </div> > </body> > </html> > > I had use the setcookie function in the script which is > <?setcookie("username",$user);?>, then in the Main.php page, i set another > script <?echo $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS["username"];?>. > Then the strange things happen, the Main.php won't show the name from > cookie! actually the $user you saw in setcookie is the input box where the > user input their username to login!! > Another way i had tried is , if i set the cookie like this > <?setcookie("username","jack");?>, then the Main.php will display it. > Could someone pls tell me why it happen like this??? > > Thx a lot!! > Jack > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- 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]