I found the following code in a previous question on SO. In following code, if the username and password supplied by the user is correct, the user_id and username is stored in session to keep it logged. My question is, why there is need to keep user_id in the session? Isnt only one thing (for example, username) enough to store in session? If the remember is enabled, then a cookie is set, only with username. Now my question is, Is Only username cookie enough? Can't anyone just edit or add the cookie in the browser and log in the system?
Thanks for your replies.
<?
public function login($username, $pass, $remember) {
// check username and password with db
$result = $conn->query("select * from login where
username='".$username."' and
password=sha1('".$pass."')");
if (!$result) {
throw new depException('Incorrect username and password combination. Please try again.');
}
if ($result->num_rows>0) {
$row = $result->fetch_assoc();
$_SESSION['user_id'] = $row[user_id];
$_SESSION['username'] = $username;
// start rememberMe
$cookie_name = 'db_auth';
$cookie_time = (3600 * 24 * 30);*/ // 30 days
// check to see if user checked box
if ($remember) {
setcookie ($cookie_name, 'username='.$username, time()+$cookie_time);
}
// If all goes well redirect user to their homepage.
header('Location: http://localhost/v6/home/index.php');
} else {
throw new depException('Could not log you in.');
}
}
?>