Re: Session problem

silly me, testing the query (echo $query;) was actually causing the problem! "Pete James" <Pete_James@advanis.ca> wrote in message news:3E764E3B.4040104@advanis.ca... > You need to start the session at the beginning of the script, or use > output buffering. > > Either: > <?php > session_start(); > require("... > ... > > or > > <?php > ob_start(); > require("... > ... > > You're trying to output stuff to the screen (which implicitly sends the > headers) then trying to send more headers by calling session_register() > (which implicitly calls session_start() ) > > HTH. > Pete. > > shaun wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I get the following error when using using the following script to > > authenticate a user. The login form is inside a frameset, is this whats > > causing th eproblem, and is there a way round this? > > > > Warning: Cannot send session cookie - headers already sent by (output > > started at /home/w/o/workmanagement/public_html/authenticate_user.php:12) in > > /home/w/o/workmanagement/public_html/authenticate_user.php on line 35 > > > > authenticate_user.php: > > <?php > > require("dbconnect.php"); > > > > // Assume user is not authenticated > > $auth = false; > > > > // Formulate the query > > $query = "SELECT * FROM WMS_User WHERE > > User_Username = '$_POST[username]' AND > > User_Password = '$_POST[password]'"; > > > > echo $query; > > > > // Execute the query and put results in $result > > $result = mysql_query( $query ) > > or die ( 'Unable to execute query.' ); > > > > // Get number of rows in $result. > > $num = mysql_numrows( $result ); > > > > if ( $num != 0 ) { > > > > // A matching row was found - the user is authenticated. > > $auth = true; > > > > //get the data for the session variables > > $suser_name = mysql_result($result, 0, "User_Name"); > > $suser_password = mysql_result($result, 0, "User_Password"); > > $stype_level = mysql_result($result, 0, "User_Type"); > > > > $ses_name = $suser_name; > > $ses_pass = $suser_password; > > $ses_level = $stype_level; > > > > session_register("ses_name"); //this is line 35 > > session_register("ses_pass"); > > session_register("ses_level"); > > } > > > > //if user isn't authenticated redirect to appropriate page > > if ( ! $auth ) { > > include("login.php"); > > exit; > > } > > > > //if user is authenticated, include the main menu > > else{ > > include("home.php"); > > } > > > > //close connection > > mysql_close(); > > ?> > > > > Thanks in as=dvance for your help > > > > > > > >