On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 5:48 PM, R.C. <rme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > "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, $headers); > > } else { > echo include("loginfail.html"); > exit(); } > ?> > > Hope this made sense. Thanks for your assistance. > R.C. > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > simple <?php //start the session tracking on each page session_start(); //test to see if your session variables are set and if NOT SET then redirect the user if(( empty($_SESSION ['userpass'])) && ( $_SESSION ['authuser'] != 1)) { header("location:login.php"); exit(); } //rest of the page content goes here ?> -- Bastien Cat, the other other white meat
