I have to create a login system using PHP and MYSQL. The user has to be granted access if his username and password exists in the database. I have the following code but after I enter the fields, it returns to the same page. I'm new to programming in php and stackoverflow. Please help.
<?php
ini_set('display_errors',1);
error_reporting(E_ALL);
//Start session
session_start();
//Include database connection details
require_once('config.php');
//Array to store validation errors
$errmsg_arr = array();
//Validation error flag
$errflag = false;
//Connect to mysql server
$link = new mysqli(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD, DB_DATABASE);
if(!$link) {
die('Failed to connect to server: ' . mysql_error());
}
//Select database
$db = mysqli_select_db($link, DB_DATABASE);
if(!$db) {
die("Unable to select database");
}
//Function to sanitize values received from the form. Prevents SQL injection
function clean($str) {
$str = @trim($str);
if(get_magic_quotes_gpc()) {
$str = stripslashes($str);
}
return mysqli_real_escape_string($str);
}
//Sanitize the POST values
$login = clean($_POST['login']);
$password = clean($_POST['password']);
//Input Validations
if($login == '') {
$errmsg_arr[] = 'Login ID missing';
$errflag = true;
}
if($password == '') {
$errmsg_arr[] = 'Password missing';
$errflag = true;
}
//If there are input validations, redirect back to the login form
if($errflag) {
$_SESSION['ERRMSG_ARR'] = $errmsg_arr;
session_write_close();
header("location: index.php");
exit();
}
//Create query
$result=mysqli_query("SELECT * FROM login-teachers WHERE login=$login AND password=".md5($_POST['password'])."");
//Check whether the query was successful or not
if($result) {
if(mysqli_num_rows($result) == 1) {
//Login Successful
session_regenerate_id();
$member = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result);
$_SESSION['SESS_USERNAME'] = $member['member_id'];
$_SESSION['SESS_FIRST_NAME'] = $member['firstname'];
$_SESSION['SESS_LAST_NAME'] = $member['lastname'];
session_write_close();
header("location: member-index.php");
exit();
}else {
//Login failed
header("location: login-failed.php");
exit();
}
}else {
die("Query failed");
}
?>