want to create create a login where a user can sign up for a site and then they are able to log in. I was the details to be added to a data in phpmyadim and when the users logs in I want the details to be got from the database. I already know how to do this but what I want to know is how do I get it that when the users logs in it takes them back to the homepage and the right hand conner it says "hello emma" (or whoever is logged in)
Here is my code
login
?php
//Start session
session_start();
//Unset the variables stored in session
unset($_SESSION['SESS_MEMBER_ID']);
unset($_SESSION['SESS_FIRST_NAME']);
unset($_SESSION['SESS_LAST_NAME']);
?>
<form name="loginform" action="mylogin.php" method="post">
<table width="309" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="5">
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<!--the code bellow is used to display the message of the input validation-->
<?php
if( isset($_SESSION['ERRMSG_ARR']) && is_array($_SESSION['ERRMSG_ARR']) && count($_SESSION['ERRMSG_ARR']) >0 ) {
echo '<ul class="err">';
foreach($_SESSION['ERRMSG_ARR'] as $msg) {
echo '<li>',$msg,'</li>';
}
echo '</ul>';
unset($_SESSION['ERRMSG_ARR']);
}
?>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="116"><div align="right">Username</div></td>
<td width="177"><input name="username" type="text" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div align="right">Password</div></td>
<td><input name="password" type="password" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div align="right"></div></td>
<td><input name="" type="submit" value="login" /></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>checking the login
<?php
//Start session
session_start();
//Check whether the session variable SESS_MEMBER_ID is present or not
if(!isset($_SESSION['SESS_MEMBER_ID']) || (trim($_SESSION['SESS_MEMBER_ID']) == '')) {
header("location: myindex.php");
exit();
}
?>My home page
<!DOCTYPE html>
<!--[if lt IE 7]> <html class="no-js lt-ie9 lt-ie8 lt-ie7"> <![endif]-->
<!--[if IE 7]> <html class="no-js lt-ie9 lt-ie8"> <![endif]-->
<!--[if IE 8]> <html class="no-js lt-ie9"> <![endif]-->
<!--[if gt IE 8]><!--> <html class="no-js"> <!--<![endif]-->
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
<title>Home</title>
<meta name="description" content="">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="advertising.css">
<?php
session_start();
?>
<div id = "menu">
<div id='welcome'>
<?php
if(isset($_SESSION['username']))
{
echo 'Welcome ' . $_SESSION['username'];
}
?>
</div>
</div>
</head>
<body>
<header>
<nav>
<ul>
<li><a href="index.html"><img src="../img/buzz_party.png" class="imglogo"></a></li>
<li><a href="index.html">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="aboutus.html">About us</a></li>
<li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li>
<li><a href="advertising.html">Supplies</a></li>
<li><a href ="logintest.php">Login</a></li>
<li><a href="register.php">Register</a></li>
</ul>
</nav>
</header>
<div id="slideshow">
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</div>
<div id="container">
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</div>
</body>
</html></div>
