Re: problem using &&

php@redry.net wrote: > > > On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 14:53:34 +0200, Jochem Maas <jochem@iamjochem.com> wrote: >> php@redry.net wrote: >>> On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 13:54:15 +0200, Jochem Maas <jochem@iamjochem.com> >> wrote: >>>> var_dump($out, $u, $p, (" user " == "user")); >>> Jochem >>> Thank you, var_dump showed me i had an extra space at the end of the >> password. I trimmed the vales from the file and it works fine now. >> >> LOL - that's one lesson/trick you probably won't forget in a hurry... >> most of us have had similar experiences at one time or the other! > > I sure wont. > On the topic of my array, what would be an efficient way of checking my username/passwordd > pairs match the user input form my login form. > The text file contains username and passwords in the following format: > username1,password1 > username2,password2 I dunno, something like this maybe: $u = trim($_POST['usr']); $p = trim($_POST['pwd']); $lines = file('/you/pwd/file'); $users = array(); foreach ($lines as $line) { list($usr, $pwd) = explode(',',$line); $users[ $usr ] = $pwd; } if (isset($users[ $u ]) && ($users[ $u ] === $p)) { echo "Found {$u}, and password is correct."; } > Given I have only 2 its easy to do this in one if statement testing like so: > if( ($out[0][0]) == ($u) && ($out[0][1]) == ($p) || $out[1][0] == $u && > $out[1][1] == $p ) > But if I had more or n amount, what would be an efficient way to check the pairs? > Thanks > Eoghan >