Problem with user log in code

DGS · June 21 '09, 02:15 PM (#1)

Hey everyone.

I found a script that I wanted to use that allows users to register to your website, access members-only pages, have their own profiles, ect...

But there seems to be a problem with the code that I have to put on the pages that I want to be members-only.

Here is the code:

Code:

<?php
$username = $_COOKIE['loggedin'];
if (!isset($_COOKIE['loggedin'])) die("You are not logged in, <a href="login.html">click here</a> to login.");
echo "You are logged in $username";
?>

Every time I try to run it, it tells me there's an error on this line:

Code:

if (!isset($_COOKIE['loggedin'])) die("You are not logged in, <a href="login.html">click here</a> to login.");

I do not know much of PHP, so I can't tell if anything is wrong.
It would be much appreciated if anyone could help me.

Danny[MLWA] · June 21 '09, 02:42 PM (#2)

Code:

if (!isset($_COOKIE['loggedin'])) die("You are not logged in, <a href="login.html">click here</a> to login.");

Look closer...

Code:

die("You are not logged in, <a href="login.html">

You start the string with a quote.. then your're HTML stops the string with the quote... Not good... two ways to fix it...

1. Replace <a href="login.html"> with <a href='login.html'>
2. Or do it the real way.... <a href=\"login.html\">

DGS · June 21 '09, 03:01 PM (#3)

Oohhhh, how could I have missed that.

Thank you very much for your help!

Danny[MLWA] · June 25 '09, 12:49 PM (#4)

I have a pretty mean login library for php if you're interested =). It uses the combination of the IP address, cookie, and php sessions which enables the "remember me" function from the same machine and browser (so no one can hijack the session's sent in unencrypted envornments he he).