urs_umar86 wrote: > i am new in php know i want to make a login page is there any easy way > to create a login page and tell me the way by using dreamweaver how can > i make the login page. > Thanks in advance.
Dreamweaver does not write PHP code for you. You can use it to create the input form but that is about it ... As far as login forms, make sure you read up on input validation and the PROPER use of escape functions. Use mysql_real_escape_string() instead of addslashes() Here is how I implemented my login form. 1) Database keeps username and password, password is saved as md5sum 2) User enters Username and password, I take the username and make it save for use in mysql via mysql_real_escape_string() Now I turn the entered password into an md5sum. 3) Get users from database with the username entered, there should only be one.... now compare the password hash from the database to the hash you created from the provided user password. 4) If the password entered matches the password in the database I generate a session ID, this ID is stored in the login table with originating IP, Browser ID string and Date/Time of login. 5) Now I add the SSID to forms and links to keep the user logged in, every time the user does something I compare the SSID, IP, Browser String to the values in the login table, if they match I update Date/Time to NOW() which will keep the user logged in. If something does not match or if the user account has expired (based on the Date/Time stored) the user is kicked out and a login is forced. In addition to the above, you should also implement cookie based validation to ensure nobody steals the SSID string and takes over the session. Since you are new to PHP, the above may be to complicated but I don't know your programing / database background. John
