Re: Cookies, Sessions and Login Proceess

header(); function is fine. Another option is javascript which is dependent on the client software. But you get the picture about the login process. I just have to agree with Chris, something name 'is_logged' is better than 'accessedbefore'. -- Julio Nobrega A hora está chegando: http://toca.sourceforge.net "Joe Van Meer" <joe@coastaldestination.com> wrote in message news:20011112173043.96575.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > Thx Christopher for replying. Ok, let me see if I understand you > correctly... > > The user enters username and password on index.php, this is posted to > login.php. On login.php after I verify the user is who he/she says they are > I set a cookie called "accessedbefore" to "yes" and redirect them to the > main page. Am I allowed to set a cookie and redirect them after determining > who the user is? How would I redirect them after setting the cookie? Header > function or is there a better way? > > Thx Joe :) > >