Re: Strange

On Wednesday 09 May 2001 19:32, paket wrote: > Hello. > > This is a script fragment that I am working on. It's purpose is to > validate a user by checking a database to see if the userid and > password match what has been supplied. Here it is: > > if ($userid && $password) > { > $res = pg_exec($db, "SELECT userid FROM users WHERE > userid='$userid' AND password='$password'"); > $x = pg_numrows($res); > if ($x==1) > { > $verified_user = $userid; > session_register ("$verified_user"); > Header ("Location: main.php"); > } > } > Header ("Location: login.php") > The problem is that the user is ALWAYS re-directed back to the login > page (login.php) even when the userid and password are correct. BUT if Sure. if $x == 1 you output the Location: main.php, followed by Location:login.php Place an exit () after the header calls. > I make these changes, it works: > > Header ("Location: main.php"); echo $userid; <--- new line > > Now, by my reasoning, the new line should't ever be executed, and if it > were, it should kick out an error. So, what is going on here? header () just adds a line to the HTTP headers. you can call it as often as you want. -- Christian Reiniger LGDC Webmaster (http://sunsite.dk/lgdc/) Install once, run forever. Linux.