Can't create sessions
 

admin.php

<?php

// connection to MySQL server

mysql_connect('localhost','root','');

mysql_select_db('administration');





if (isset($_POST['username'])) {

  $loginUsername=$_POST['username'];

  $loginPassword=$_POST['password']; 

  $MM_redirectLoginSuccess = "validated.php";

  $MM_redirectLoginFailed = "admin.php";

  $MM_redirecttoReferrer = true;

  

  $errors = array();

  

         if(empty($_POST['username'])) {

                $errors[] = 'You think whom going to fill up the USERNAME for you?';

         }        

         if(empty($_POST['password'])) {

                $errors[] = 'You think whom going to fill up the PASSWORD for you?';

         }        

        if (empty($errors)) {

        

  $loginUsername = get_magic_quotes_gpc() ? $loginUsername : addslashes($loginUsername);

  $password = get_magic_quotes_gpc() ? $password : addslashes($password);

  $LoginRS_query = "SELECT username, password FROM adminprofile WHERE username='$loginUsername' AND password='$loginPassword'";

  $LoginRS = mysql_query($LoginRS_query) or die(mysql_error());

  $loginFoundUser = mysql_num_rows($LoginRS);

  

  if ($loginFoundUser) {

    

        session_name ('YourVisitID');

        session_start();

        $_SESSION['user_id'] = $loginFoundUser[0];

        $_SESSION['first_name'] = $loginFoundUser[1];

        $_SESSION['agent'] = md5($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']);

        

    echo "<script type='text/javascript'>location.href='$MM_redirectLoginSuccess';</script>";

        exit();

        }

  else {

  

    echo "<script type='text/javascript'>location.href='$MM_redirectLoginFailed';</script>";

}

}

mysql_close();

}



?>

validated.php

<?php



session_name ('YourVisitID');

session_start(); // Start the session.

$MM_redirectLoginFailed = "admin.php";

$MM_redirecttoReferrer = true;



// If no session value is present, redirect the user.

if (!isset($_SESSION['agent']) OR ($_SESSION['agent'] != md5($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'])) ) {



        echo "<script type='text/javascript'>location.href='$MM_redirectLoginSuccess';</script>";

        exit(); // Quit the script.

}



?>

I've two pages as displayed above. I wanted to enable sessions so that the user can not go to validated.php straight without any validation. But the the code above does not create any sessions at all. The codes in validated.php is working fine and the codes in admin.php is working fine without the line 32 - 36. This line did not create/store any sessions when executed. Each time, after I log in using the correct username and password, it will redirect me bak to the index.php. Please help.

Re: Can't create sessions
 

in validated.php page, print out the session variables.

print_r($_SESSION); 

Re: Can't create sessions
 

Where should I place this code, before/after session start? thx

Re: Can't create sessions
 

After session_start();

Re: Can't create sessions
 

When I paste the code as directed, the page validated.php was blinking, similar to an infinity loop. Like the page try to load, but can't. Finally, I stopped that page. Advise pls.

Re: Can't create sessions
 

Have 2 pages.

<?php //page1.php

session_start();

$_SESSION['name']="test";

header("location: page2.php");

?>

In page2.php, write this.

<?php

session_start();

print_r($_SESSION);

?>

See if it prints test in page2.

Re: Can't create sessions
 

I get output like this:

Array ( [name] => test )

Then.

Re: Can't create sessions
 

So, session exists.

Redirect to a dummy page, for eg, page2.php and have print_r($_SESSION) in it. Check if session is being passed !

Re: Can't create sessions
 

I get output like this:

Array ( )

It can't create the the session rite? But why. All my syntax was correct rite?

Re: Can't create sessions
 

Strange! Are you sure, $loginFoundUser[0], $loginFoundUser[1], md5($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']) have values ? I think nothing is assigned to session variables.