You could use $_SESSION['myvar'] to register your session instead of session_register()/session_unregister()/session_is_registered() functions. Then you could use it as a normal variable.
Do not use glodal $_SESSION declaration in your code. You could find more info at http://www.php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.php#reserved.variables.sessi on http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.session.php regards Ivo "Daniel Negron/Kbe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hi all, > > I used a script posted in here awhile ago from > http://www.devshed.com/Server_Side/PHP/UserAuth/page1.html > > basic tutorial on how to make php session logins. > > How can I customize this script so that it is specific to each user. > > can I add $f_user.php from the header, or will that output the url as > $f_user.php and fail ? > I figure I would also have to name each file as the username.php also, > right ? > > <? > > // login.php - performs validation > > // authenticate using form variables > $status = authenticate($f_user, $f_pass); > > // if user/pass combination is correct > if ($status == 1) > { > // initiate a session > session_start(); > > // register some session variables > session_register("SESSION"); > > // including the username > session_register("SESSION_UNAME"); > $SESSION_UNAME = $f_user; > > // redirect to protected page > header("Location: /example.php"); > exit(); > } > else > // user/pass check failed > { > // redirect to error page > header("Location: /error.php?e=$status"); > exit(); > } > > // authenticate username/password against a database > // returns: 0 if username and password is incorrect > // 1 if username and password are correct > function authenticate($user, $pass) > { > // configuration variables > // normally these should be sourced from an external file > // for example: include("dbconfig.php"); > // variables explicitly set here for illustrative purposes > $db_host = "localhost"; > $db_user = "user"; > $db_pass = "pass"; > $db_name = "mydb"; > > // check login and password > // connect and execute query > $connection = mysql_connect($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass) or die > ("Unable to connect!"); > $query = "SELECT uname from users WHERE uname = '$user' AND > pswd = PASSWORD('$pass')"; > mysql_select_db($db_name); > $result = mysql_query($query, $connection) or die ("Error in > query: $query. " . mysql_error()); > > // if row exists -> user/pass combination is correct > if (mysql_num_rows($result) == 1) > { > return 1; > } > // user/pass combination is wrong > else > { > return 0; > } > } > > ?> > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
