Re: Re: Another sessions question

The login part is not my real concern, as I am now using plain variables for the error messages, but the registration and updating of the user profile is still a problem. Also. When sending a variable through the url (http://www.server.com?error=Biteme) is there a way to hide this so it doesn't show up in the status bar - this looks really cheesy to have all the error messages appear when the user is being redirected to another page. This is one other reason I liked sessions. I don't notice this on other sites I have looked at that have forms, so they must be doing this differently as well. TIA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Fletcher" <scott@abcoa.com> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 10:13 AM Subject: [PHP] Re: Another sessions question > There is other method of error checking for the login feature only. What I > do is I don't create a session, instead what I do is to display the html > login form. When the user submit it, the webpage reload by itself upon > submit by using $PHP_SELF in the action attribute. This is when I receive > the user id and password then I run the database query to see if there is a > match or not. Well, I'm using database because of lot of information on hte > website require the use of the database, so since I have it, so I use it > anyway. If there is no match then I use the header() to move the webpage > back to the login page with a failed message. If there is a match, then I > create a session before using hte header() to direct the user to a different > webpage. This amke it possible for me to put most of the database info into > the session before going to the next webpage... > > As for the error session, I'll leave that open to interpretation. > > FletchSOD > > "C.R." <odcs@rogers.com> wrote in message > news:000801c30f9d$c4f50560$6401a8c0@p1... > > I have a login, registration, update, and a form if you forget your > > password. I am using sessions to control the login and error messages. So > > this is my problem > > > > When a user enters the login page a session is started, if the user enters > > the wrong login info they will get an error message which is set in a > > session variable called $error['whatever'] (this will change depending on > > the error). If the user then decides he should register first, and goes to > > the register page - he gets a message on the page that simply says > 'Array'. > > This is because the session is still active and $error['whatever'] is > still > > set, although I've cleared the array with - $error = array(); On each > page > > I have something like if($error) { echo $error['whatever']; }. I have used > > done it this way to make things more uniform and understandable, but I may > > also have shot myself in the foot - is there a way to get around this > > without having to change the session variables for each of these pages. > > > > I hope I have explained this properly, or for that matter used sessions > > properly - I am still trying to learn about sessions and problems like > this > > keep popping up. > > > > TIA > > > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >