Having trouble logging into a PHP Database program

From: Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:11:47 +0000
Subject: Having trouble logging into a PHP Database program
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Here is my authentication function: <?PHP function authentication($user, $pass, $link1){ // Keep in mind, PASSWORD has meaning in MySQL // Do your string sanitizing here // (e.g. - $user = mysqli_real_escape_string($_POST['user']);) $user = mysqli_real_escape_string($link1, $_POST['user']); $pass = mysqli_real_escape_string($link1, $_POST['pass']); $salt = "salt"; $salt1 = $salt . $pass; //$salt1 .= $pass; $password = md5("$salt1"); $loginQuery = "SELECT * FROM current WHERE loginName='".$user."' AND loginPassword='".$password."' LIMIT 0,1;"; $loginResult = mysqli_query($link1, $loginQuery) or die("Wrong data supplied or database error" .mysqli_error($link1)); $row1 = mysqli_fetch_assoc($loginResult); if($row1['adminLevel'] == "5000000"){ foreach (array_keys($_SESSION) as $key) unset($_SESSION[$key]); die('account disabled'); } if($_SESSION['userInfo']['loggedin'] ==TRUE) { return TRUE; }else{ if(is_array($row1)){ $_SESSION['userInfo'] = array( "userName" => $row1['loginName'], "loggedin" => TRUE, "table" => $row1['tableName'], "adminLevel" => $row1['adminLevel'], "authUser" => $row1['loginName'], "authCompany" => $row1['customerBusiness'], "authCustName" => $row1['customerName']); } else { //$_SESSION['userInfo'] =array("loggedin" => FALSE); die('authentication failed'); } } return TRUE; } ?> And what is happening is sometimes, even though the username & password match what is stored in the database, It only sets the loggedin value... Nothing else. Can anyone see where my error is? Thanks for looking! -- Jason Pruim Raoset Inc. Technology Manager MQC Specialist 11287 James St Holland, MI 49424 www.raoset.com japruim@raoset.com

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