[reddavis999]

hey everyone. Ive recently started learning PHP and have made a simple login script for my project for college. The problem i am having is that the session does not seem to be carried from page to page. The session variable is called $_session["logged"]

Here is the code where the username and password is checked...

PHP Code:

<?php session_start();
        
    include ("name.inc");

//connect to DB
    mysql_connect ("$host","$username","$password")
        or die ("couldnt connect");
    mysql_select_db ("$database")
        or die ("cannot select database");

//Information sent from the form

    $myusername = $_POST['username'];
    $mypassword = $_POST['password'];

    
    $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM $table where username='$myusername' and password='$mypassword'");
    
//gets number of rows with query above

    $count = mysql_num_rows($result);

//if the results matched then the number of rows will be 1...
    
    if($count == 1){
        $_session['logged'] = "hello";
        header("location:session.php");
    }
    else {
        echo "wrong username and password";
    }


?>

And here is a file i made to check whether the information is being carried forward...

PHP Code:

<?php session_start();

echo $_session["logged"];
?>

Here is the website if you would like to see the problem.
jobchaser.info

username:admin
password:password

Thanks for your help, Red

[theRemix]

try

$_SESSION['logged']

[mx]

are you sure the count is equal to one?

[reddavis999]

Theremix: thanks but it didnt change anything

max h: yer, im pretty certain. i created another test account to double check. username:john password:red

[reddavis999]

ah, it has been fixed. $_session, needs to be all in capitals. Its always the little things that cause the problems.

[combat sheep]

Originally Posted by reddavis999

ah, it has been fixed. $_session, needs to be all in capitals. Its always the little things that cause the problems.

always use capitals for superglobals in PHP

[theRemix]

Originally Posted by reddavis999

Theremix: thanks but it didnt change anything

max h: yer, im pretty certain. i created another test account to double check. username:john password:red

your wc