For security.. *never* store the password in a cookie.. if you must... instead do some sort of encryption on it and some other value store that and use it for verification. On Friday 11 November 2005 05:43 am, sunaram patir wrote: > Hi, i am having problem with internet explorer. i am working on a > project on building a website where i need to keep track of the users > i.e. i use a login system in there in short. with the following code i > check whether the user is logged in or not. > <?php > session_start(); > > $_SESSION['myurl']=$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; > if(!isset($_SESSION['student_username']) && > !isset($_SESSION['student_password'])) > header("Location: login.php"); > ?> > > if the user is not logged in, it redirects to the login page login.php > as is shown in the above code. now the user is allowed to log in > through the following code: > > > <?php > session_cache_limiter('private_no_expire'); > session_set_cookie_params(0,"/","schools.zenrays.com"); > session_start(); > $auth=false; > ................ > ................ > ................ > > if($auth){ > $_SESSION["student_username"]=$Effectivelogin; > $_SESSION["student_password"]=$pass; > if(isset($_SESSION['myurl'])) > header("Location: > http://schools.zenrays.com".$_SESSION['myurl']); else > header("Location: http://schools.zenrays.com/students"); > > } > > it works fine in firefox and msn explorer. in internet explorer, when > i visit to a > link in any page it asks for the login details again. could anyone > please help me out?! > regards, > sunaram -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php