Re: session question

> index.php where they log in from > <? > session_start(); file://first line of file Okay. > ?> > <form method="POST" action="main.php"> > <input type="hidden" value="lrlogin" name="form_action"> > Username&nbsp;&nbsp;<input type="text" name="username" > class="color"><br /> <br/> ? You been typing too much XML?... :-) Shouldn't hurt. > Password&nbsp;&nbsp;<input class="color" type="password" name="password"><br > /> > <input type="reset">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<input > type="submit" value="Login"> > > code from main.php > <? > session_register(); Register what? You're supposed to register a variable name... > require ("db.php"); > if $form_action == "lrlogin" > { > get_user($username,$password); > } > ?> > > code from db.php > <? > session_start(); Doing this after you registered a variable is bogus -- The session_register() automatically calls this if you haven't yet. > SQL to select user info from db > $access = $row[access_level]; file://etc getting vars from db > session_register("username"); > session_register("password"); > session_register("access"); > session_register("active"); > header("Location:!����,����F > �� http://www.blah.com/index2.php?=".SID); Doing session_start() (and, by extension, session_register()) in the same file as a header("Location:") won't work on some browsers. You'll either get the cookie but no redirection or vice versa, depending on which browser you are using. And there should be a space after 'Location:' And you probably need SID= for the SID to get passed on. header("Location: http://www.blah.com/index2.php?SID=".SID); > exit; > ?> > > index2.php code > <? > session_start(); > > print "Welcome $username"; > ?> > > it only prints Welcome ...no username :( -- Visit the Zend Store at http://www.zend.com/store/ Wanna help me out? Like Music? Buy a CD: http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm Volunteer a little time: http://chatmusic.com/volunteer.htm