On Thu, 2005-08-25 at 00:19, George B wrote: > Robert Cummings wrote: > > On Thu, 2005-08-25 at 00:10, George B wrote: > > > >>Ok, I am doing a sort of a project right now... It is like a php chat > >>room that records every message into a database. Now, on the first post > >>I want it to like set the name, so on first post it would say Name: and > >>you set your name, then on every other message you post it just says > >>Posted by and remembers your name from the last entry. Is this anyhow > >>possible? > > > > > > Check session... if no name, display name prompt, otherwise don't > > display name prompt. > > > > Cheers, > > Rob. > which would I choose. > http://us2.php.net/manual-lookup.php?pattern=sessions In brief: if( isset( $_POST['userName'] ) && !empty( trim( $_POST['userName'] ) ) ) { // // Save userName to session. // $_SESSION['userName'] = trim( $_POST['userName'] ); } if( isset( $_POST['message'] ) && !empty( trim( $_POST['message'] ) ) && isset( $_SESSION['userName'] ) ) { // // Handle submission of message. // } if( !isset( $_SESSION['userName'] ) ) { // // Display user name prompt. // } -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------' -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
