Re: Begining PHP...Have Questions

You want to use $_POST['username'] instead of $username everywhere you have a POST variable. I believe this became the standard around PHP4.2. Can you give us the table def and the results of that select? Also, can you copy that query ( echo "$query<br>";) into your next reply? I think you're query looked something like this before: SELECT * from user where username LIKE ""? That would select the entire table. You could do it like this: SELECT * from user WHERE username = '{$_POST['username']} AND password = '{$_POST['password']} that will only return the row that matches both the username and password - so if 1 row is returned it must be the login info. That'll cut down on the PHP code you need to write. Aaron Todd wrote:

Jon, Thanks for the info. I did change the LIKE to =. This was done just for my debugging. I do have it set to = on a normal basis. I am a little unsure what you mean at the end of your reply about register globals. Are you saying that everywhere I use $username to refer to the users inputed username I should use $_POST['username'] instead? Or are you suggesting to use this in one location. Thanks again for the reply, Aaron "Jonathan Haddad" <jon@oldirtyhaddad.com> wrote in message news:40FC00A8.1080402@oldirtyhaddad.com...

if you have shell access, please do the following describe users; select * from users; also, why are you using LIKE instead of =? use this instead: $query = "SELECT * FROM users WHERE email = '".$username."'"; i would also suggest turning off register globals and using $_POST['username'] and not $username. (i'm assuming it's on given your

code)

Jon Aaron Todd wrote:

I am just starting out with PHP and I have created a simple login program that is supposed to check users input with a mysql database. I am doing

5

verifications before the program is completed...Check for the Submit

button,

check for a valid email address(which is the username), check for a valid password, check to see if the username exists in the database, and

finally

check to see if the password matches the database for the coresponding username. Currently you dont get access to a site you only get told what your password is in the database. Everything is technically working, but its not perfect and I think I need some help. I have entered 2 records in the database for testing

purposes.

When I put in username1 and password1 it works. The program returns the coresponding password. When I change to username2 and still put in password1 it will return password1. I have done some debuging and I am unsure of what is really happening.

My

code is below. Would anyone be able to tell me what I am doing wrong. Thanks, Aaron <html> <body> <?php if ($submit) { //VALID USERNAME/EMAIL ADDRESS if

(!ereg('^[-!#$%&\'*+\\./0-9=?A-Z^_a-z{|}~]+'.'@'.'[!#$%&\'*+\\/0-9=?A-Z^_

a

-z{|}]+\.'.'[-!#$%&\'*+\\./0-9=?A-Z^_a-z{|}~]+$', $username)) { $error = "You must enter a valid email address for your

username.<br>";

echo "$error<br>"; } else { $db = mysql_connect("localhost", "username", "password"); mysql_select_db("database",$db); $query = "SELECT * FROM users WHERE email LIKE '".$username."'"; echo "$query<br>"; $result = mysql_query($query,$db); $num_rows = mysql_num_rows($result); echo "There are $num_rows records matching $username<br>"; //VALID PASSWORD echo "Entered User Name: $username<br>"; echo "Entered Password: $passw<br>"; if (strlen($passw) < 6 || !preg_match('/[a-z]/i', $passw) || !preg_match('/[0-9]/', $passw)) {

    $error = "Invalid Password.  Must be greater than six characters

containing at least one number.<br>";

    echo "$error<br>";

} else {

    //USERNAME/EMAIL ADDRESS IN DATABASE
    if (!$num_rows){
      $error = "Username was not found.  Please Register.";
      echo "$error<br>";
      die(mysql_error());
    } else {
      //ENTERED PASSWORD IN DATABASE
      if (!$passw = mysql_result($result,0,"pass")){
        $error = "Invalid Password.<br>";
        echo "$error<br>";
      } else {
        printf("Password is %s<br>\n", mysql_result($result,0,"pass"));
      }
    }

} } } else { ?> <form method="post" action="<?php echo $PHP_SELF?>"> User Name:<input type="Text" name="username"><br> Password:<input type="Text" name="passw"><br> <input type="Submit" name="submit" value="Enter information"> </form> <?php } // end if ?> </body> </html>