Thanks Miles. That works nicely. Regards -----Original Message----- From: Miles Thompson [mailto:miles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 10:29 PM To: php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Login script help When user has authenticated successfully, start a session with an authentication key - almost anything you want. After that, any page you want to protect you just put one line at the top to check for the presence of this value; redirect to login page if it's not there. Regards - Miles At 11:19 PM 12/21/2006, Haig Dedeyan wrote: >Thanks. > >If I do it that way, can't someone get into the index page if they link >directly to it without having to log in? > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Bastien Koert [mailto:bastien_k@xxxxxxxxxxx] >Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 7:36 PM >To: Haig Dedeyan; php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: RE: Login script help > >why not just create a simple single logon page and not include >it....then on >sucessful login, redirect the user to the index page? > >bastien > > > >From: "Haig Dedeyan" <haig@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > >To: <php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Subject: Login script help > >Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:36:11 -0500 > > > >Hi everyone, > > > >My 1st attempt at creating a login script isn't going so good, so > >hopefully someone can help me out. > > > >The login script itself works fine but when I include it into a web > >page, the login.php script shows up but the entire index.html page also > >shows up. > > > >I just want people to log in before they get to index.html. > > > >Index.html starts off with: > > > ><?php > >session_start(); > >include("database.php"); > >include("login.php"); > >?> > > > >I'm using php5. > > > >Thanks > > > >Haig > > > >-- > >PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Off to school, going on a trip, or moving? Windows Live (MSN) Messenger >lets >you stay in touch with friends and family wherever you go. Click here to > >find out how to sign up! http://www.telusmobility.com/msnxbox/ > >-- >PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.26/594 - Release Date: 12/20/2006 -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
