Hey there, This is a page I wrote that does that with sessions, sorry its a little messy but it should help you with the general idea.
HTH, Steve. //Copy the below into a php file and change all the variables and sql statement to reflect your own data. <? session_start(); if(isset($level)) session_destroy(); if (isset($submitbutton)): $dbname = 'put yours here'; $hostname = 'put yours here'; $username = 'put yours here'; $password = 'put yours here'; $table = 'put yours here'; $id_link = mysql_connect($hostname, $username, $password); if (!$id_link || !mysql_select_db($dbname)): echo '<html><head><title>Error</title></head><body>'; echo '1:Connection to PHP has failed.'; echo '</body></html>'; exit(); endif; $login_query = "SELECT l.LEVEL, l.Name, s.PLANT, s.Super_Index, p.PLANT as itemtable FROM Master.login l"; $login_query.= " INNER JOIN Master.supervisors s ON l.Paswd_Index ="; $login_query.= " s.Login_Index INNER JOIN Master.plant_code p ON s.PLANT = p.PLANT_CODE"; $login_query.= " WHERE l.USER='$user' AND l.PASSWORD='$pwd'"; $class_login = mysql_db_query($dbname,$login_query,$id_link) or die("Please contact HR to be added to supervisors list."); while ($login_arr = mysql_fetch_array($class_login)): $level = $login_arr['LEVEL']; $Name = $login_arr['Name']; $Location = $login_arr['PLANT']; $Super = $login_arr['Super_Index']; $Items_Table = "Stores.items_".$login_arr['itemtable']; endwhile; if (isset($level)){ session_start(); session_register("level"); session_register("Name"); session_register("Super"); session_register("Location"); session_register("Items_Table"); $page = "main.php?option=vieworders"; header("Location: $page"); } else echo "<div align=center><h3><font color=red>Login <b>NOT</b> Successful, Please try again.</font></h3></div>"; endif; ?> <link rel="stylesheet" href="nice.css" type="text/css"> <html> <body bgcolor="#F5F5F5" OnLoad="document.login.user.focus();"> <div> </div> <p> <p> <div> </div> <p> <div align=center><h3>Enter user/pwd to enter Stores Administration Panel.</h3></div> <FORM METHOD="post" name=login ACTION=<? echo"index.php?option=vieworders"?>> <table border=0 width=75% align=center> <tr> <td align=center bgcolor=#FFFFFF><img src="../../imgs/LOGO3_18.bmp" height=250 width=500></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align=center> <font color="#000000"><b><i>User Name: </i></b></font><input type="text" name="user" class="TextBox_b"> <font color="#000000"><b><i>Password: </i></b></font><input type="password" name="pwd" class="TextBox_b"> <input type="submit" name="submitbutton" value="Login" class="Button_F"></td> </tr> </table> </body> </html> -----Original Message----- From: YC Nyon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 12:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] RE: A straightforward user login coding I been searching for a user authentication codes all night but got no where with the results. Therefore, if someone can tell me where to find 1. a user authentication using Mysql 2. don't use cookies. 3. also a logout script. my os is windows. TIA Nyon -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php