RE: [PHP] Form Based Authentication

First, change the names of your include files to something.inc.php so that no-one can download the files and get thte source, should their names become known. Second, you either must use session_register or $_SESSION['variablename'] and not mix their use. So instead of: $authenticated_user = 71722334; session_register("authenticated_user"); Use: $_SESSION['authenticated_user'] = 71722334; Note that session_register will always start sessions, while using the associated array $_SESSION won't, so make sure you continue to use session_start() at the top of every page just as you did here. Look for tutorials here: http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~jfulton/php1/index.html <http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~jfulton/php1/index.html> http://www.newbienetwork.net/ <http://www.newbienetwork.net/> http://www.thickbook.com/ <http://www.thickbook.com/> http://www.phpdeveloper.org/ <http://www.phpdeveloper.org/> http://www.devshed.com/ <http://www.devshed.com/> http://www.webmonkey.com/ <http://www.webmonkey.com/> http://www.irc-html.com/ <http://www.irc-html.com/> http://www.phpbuilder.com/ <http://www.phpbuilder.com/> http://www.zend.com/ <http://www.zend.com/> -----Original Message----- From: Anson Smith [mailto:dnsane1@bellsouth.net] > Could Someone Explain why I have to submit my first form twice in order to be considered > authenticated.