Re: [PHP-DB] Session start

id also suggest to revisit the entire login script that you have attached,
its a bit overly complicated. Keep amount of if statements to the minimum
and you will not get lost. Try to keep it simple.

Session is not a problem for you, just make a very simple set of rules when
user is logging in, logging out and how to check if he is logged in.

i guess its worth having a look at some open source apps or frameworks and
see how they do it, good luck

art

On 14 May 2010 18:24, Luiz Alberto <[email protected]> wrote:

> Barry,
>
> Did you try to use setcookie with expiry date in the past? You could
> use
> setcookie before header function of the following manner.
>
> session_start();
> if (!(isset($_SESSION['username']) && $_SESSION['username'] != '')) {
> setcookie("session","session id", 1);
> header ("Location: login.html");
> }
>
> Best regards,
> Luiz Alberto
>
>
>
> On Fri, 2010-05-14 at 17:47 +0100, Barry Zimmerman wrote:
>
> > I have a problem with my system, not sure how I can fix this one. A user
> has
> > a log in page and takes them to different pages, now each of these pages
> has
> > a check to make sure they are logged in with the following code:
> >
> > session_start();
> > if (!(isset($_SESSION['username']) && $_SESSION['username'] != '')) {
> > header ("Location: login.html");
> > exit;
> > }
> >
> > So if they are not logged in it redirects them to the log in page. No
> > problems there.
> >
> > Now if a user is not logged in and comes back to that page, it starts the
> > session so giving them a session id and redirects them back to thge login
> > page. The problem I have is I do NOT want the session to start, I need
> them
> > to hit the log in page with no sessions there. I have tried all sorts but
> > just cannot get this to work.
> >
> > I have tried adding this to the code.
> >
> > session_start();
> > if (!(isset($_SESSION['username']) && $_SESSION['username'] != '')) {
> > *session_destroy();*
> > header ("Location: login.html");
> > exit;
> > }
> >
> > But that did not work? Please I am stuck for ideas?
>