I am having trouble redirecting my code to another page after a correct username/password has been submitted. After I enter the username/password and hit submit, the page does not redirect.
The page just reloads and clears the field inputs (even though it's a sticky form), and stays at the same page, except the URL adds ?submit=Submit to the end of the URL..
I am not getting any mysql errors - the database is connecting fine at the query that matches the row with the username/password combo seems to be going through.
It should be looping through the database, checking if the username/password combo exists, and redirecting to the specified page. I'm not sure what I'm not seeing / missing here that keeps the page from redirecting. Any input would be greatly appreciated.
PHP:
<?php
define('DB_LOCATION', 'x');
define('DB_USERNAME', 'x');
define('DB_PASS', 'x');
define('DB_NAME', 'x');
$dbc = mysqli_connect(DB_LOCATION, DB_USERNAME, DB_PASS, DB_NAME)
or die('Error connecting to database');
$error_message= "";
if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {
$user_name = $_POST['user'];
$user_password= $_POST['pass'];
// ADD QUERY TO CHECK IF USER/PASS COMBO IS CORRECT
if(!empty($user_name) && !empty($user_password)) {
$query = "SELECT * FROM employees WHERE username='$user_name' and password='$user_password'";
$result = mysqli_query($dbc, $query)
or die ('Error querying username/password request');
if(mysqli_num_rows($result) == 1) {
$user_name = $row['user'];
$user_password = $row['pass'];
header("Location: www.mysite.com ");
} // end if rows
else {
$error_message = "You were not able to log in";
} // end else
} // end query
} // end isset
?>
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Login</title>
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="/LESSON5/5_Signup_CSS.css">
</head>
<body>
<h1>Welcome to my website!</h1>
<h2>Please login below.</h2>
<h3>Don't have an account? <a href="/LESSON5/2%20-%20CREATE%20AN%20ACCOUNT.php">Create one here.</a></h3>
<div class="formFormat" >
<div id="table1">
<form name =loginForm method="post" action="<?php echo $_SERVER[' PHP_SELF' ];?>">
<table id="cssTable">
<tr>
<td>Username:</td><td><input type="text" id="user" name="user" value="<?php echo $user_name ?>" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Password:</td><td><input type="text" id="pass" name="pass" value="<?php echo $user_password ?>"/></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</div>
<div id="table2">
<form>
<table>
<tr>
<td><input type="submit" name="submit"/></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td id="createAccount"><a href="/LESSON5/2%20-%20CREATE%20AN%20ACCOUNT.php">Create an account</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><?php echo $error_message ?></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</form>
</div>
</div>
<?php
mysqli_close($dbc);
?>
</body>
</html>
