"tedd" <tedd.sperling@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:p06240803c481c3a5fd7b@[192.168.1.101]... > If you had used my minimal method, I could have provided you with a > simple example. But considering you want bloat, try reading the > manual about sessions. :-) > Cheers, > tedd This was very helpful Tedd.... sorry I used someone else's method here from this group... it wasn't bloat at all, but very functional actually and I managed to get those 3 issues combined and working. But I did appreciate your input. So.. that said: let's get back to what I ask and maybe someone can give me some insight into how to make these sessions work across these multiple pages. And yes, I am reading thru manuals: Here's the script sofar and my question: One more thing to ask you gurus: Here's the workflow: user clicks on login.php (which has the login form) fills out form and get directed to video.php. (if the password is incorect, it opens up loginfail.php with message and link back to login.php. Now the main video page has a bunch of individual videos set up they can view, each on a separate page that opens. At end of each separate sub-video page is a "back" button that gets user back to the main video "video.php" site BUT... now they have to log back in with password and email... which is a pain. Without having a database for this, I believe one could use sessions to keep the information in memory and transferrable to all the video subpages while user is on the site? I tried playing with this but couldn't get this to go. Below is the code that sits at the top of the main video page "video.php". One of the subpages is called "video-1-flash.html" . What would I need to input into the "video-1-flash.html" page ( I know it would have to be converted to a php file) and where should the code go to ensure that the user does not have to log in again, once the back button on the subpage clicked and directs the user back to the main video page for further selections. <?php session_start(); $_SESSION ['userpass'] = $_POST ['pass']; $_SESSION ['authuser'] = 0; $login="video"; if (preg_match('/^'.$_SESSION['userpass'].'$/i',$login)) { $_SESSION['authuser'] = 1; /* this code will be executed if login is successful */ $headers = "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n"; $headers .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\r\n"; $headers .= 'From: Full Video <contact@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>'; $message = '<p>User '. $_POST ['email'].' has logged in.</p>'; mail(' contact@xxxxxxxx', $email . ' logged in', $message, $headers); } else { echo include("loginfail.html"); exit(); } ?> Hope this made sense. Thanks for your assistance. R.C. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
