Re: Login/Security Problem

Thx for replying, so I can do away with the session variable that I was setting and just set a cookie on their machine and delete it when they logout? I don't have to check on each page? Cheer Joe:) "Daniel Masur" <d.masur@d-s-a-g.de> wrote in message news:20011114133155.15040.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > set a cookie, and delete it with a logout button or when the user leaves > your domain > > > "Joe Van Meer" <joe@coastaldestination.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag > news:20011114132256.7387.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > > Hi there. I'm new to php and would like some insight on securing a > website. > > Upon successful login to my site (checks against database for username and > > password) I assign a session variable called '$islogged' to 'yes'. On all > > other pages throughout my site I use the following code to determine if > this > > variable is set, and if not redirect them to the login page. > > > > if($islogged = = "no"){ > > > > header("Location:index.php"); > > } > > elseif(EMPTY($islogged)) > > { > > header("Location:index.php"); > > } > > > > > > This seems to work, however, if I close out my browser and say type in > > main.php (this page has the above code) in the address bar I can still > > access the page. How can I fix this? Is there something else I could be > > doing to improve the functionality? > > Any insights would greatly be appreciated. > > > > Cheers Joe:) > > > > > >