This is common code and I've searched all of the forums and cannot find the answer to fix my problem.
I created 3 pages:
1.) Login
<title>Login</title>
</head>
<?
/**
* Checks whether or not the given username is in the
* database, if so it checks if the given password is
* the same password in the database for that user.
* If the user doesn't exist or if the passwords don't
* match up, it returns an error code (1 or 2).
* On success it returns 0.
*/
function confirmUser($username, $password){
global $conn;
/* Add slashes if necessary (for query) */
if(!get_magic_quotes_gpc()) {
$username = addslashes($username);
}
/* Verify that user is in database */
$q = "select password from users where username = '$username'";
$result = mysql_query($q,$conn);
if(!$result || (mysql_numrows($result) < 1)){
return 1; //Indicates username failure
}
/* Retrieve password from result, strip slashes */
$dbarray = mysql_fetch_array($result);
$dbarray['password'] = stripslashes($dbarray['password']);
$password = stripslashes($password);
/* Validate that password is correct */
if($password == $dbarray['password']){
return 0; //Success! Username and password confirmed
}
else{
return 2; //Indicates password failure
}
}
/**
* checkLogin - Checks if the user has already previously
* logged in, and a session with the user has already been
* established. Also checks to see if user has been remembered.
* If so, the database is queried to make sure of the user's
* authenticity. Returns true if the user has logged in.
*/
function checkLogin(){
/* Check if user has been remembered */
if(isset($_COOKIE['cookname']) && isset($_COOKIE['cookpass'])){
$_SESSION['username'] = $_COOKIE['cookname'];
$_SESSION['password'] = $_COOKIE['cookpass'];
}
/* Username and password have been set */
if(isset($_SESSION['username']) && isset($_SESSION['password'])){
/* Confirm that username and password are valid */
if(confirmUser($_SESSION['username'], $_SESSION['password']) != 0){
/* Variables are incorrect, user not logged in */
unset($_SESSION['username']);
unset($_SESSION['password']);
return false;
}
return true;
}
/* User not logged in */
else{
return false;
}
}
/**
* Determines whether or not to display the login
* form or to show the user that he is logged in
* based on if the session variables are set.
*/
function displayLogin(){
global $logged_in;
if($logged_in){
echo "<h1>Logged In!</h1>";
echo "Welcome <b>$_SESSION[username]</b>, you are logged in. <a href=\"logout.php\">Logout</a>";
}
else{
?>
<form action="" method="post">
<table align="left" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3">
<tr><td colspan="2" align="right"><a href="register.php"><FONT FACE="Rockwell" SIZE="2">New to Grouplete? Register</a></FONT></td></tr>
<tr><td><FONT FACE="Rockwell" SIZE="2">Username</FONT></td><td><input type="text" name="user" maxlength="30"></td></tr>
<tr><td><FONT FACE="Rockwell" SIZE="2">Password</FONT></td><td><input type="password" name="pass" maxlength="30"></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><input type="checkbox" name="remember">
<font size="2"><FONT FACE="Rockwell" SIZE="0">Remember</FONT></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" align="right"><input type="submit" name="sublogin" value="Login"></td></tr>
</table>
</form>
<?
}
}
/**
* Checks to see if the user has submitted his
* username and password through the login form,
* if so, checks authenticity in database and
* creates session.
*/
if(isset($_POST['sublogin'])){
/* Check that all fields were typed in */
if(!$_POST['user'] || !$_POST['pass']){
die('You didn\'t fill in a required field.');
}
/* Spruce up username, check length */
$_POST['user'] = trim($_POST['user']);
if(strlen($_POST['user']) > 30){
die("Sorry, the username is longer than 30 characters, please shorten it.");
}
/* Checks that username is in database and password is correct */
$md5pass = md5($_POST['pass']);
$result = confirmUser($_POST['user'], $md5pass);
/* Check error codes */
if($result == 1){
die('That username doesn\'t exist in our database.');
}
else if($result == 2){
die('Incorrect password, please try again.');
}
/* Username and password correct, register session variables */
$_POST['user'] = stripslashes($_POST['user']);
$_SESSION['username'] = $_POST['user'];
$_SESSION['password'] = $md5pass;
/**
* This is the cool part: the user has requested that we remember that
* he's logged in, so we set two cookies. One to hold his username,
* and one to hold his md5 encrypted password. We set them both to
* expire in 100 days. Now, next time he comes to our site, we will
* log him in automatically.
*/
if(isset($_POST['remember'])){
setcookie("cookname", $_SESSION['username'], time()+60*60*24*100, "/");
setcookie("cookpass", $_SESSION['password'], time()+60*60*24*100, "/");
}
/* Quick self-redirect to avoid resending data on refresh */
echo "<meta http-equiv=\"Refresh\" content=\"0;url=$HTTP_SERVER_VARS[PHP_SELF]\">";
return;
}
/* Sets the value of the logged_in variable, which can be used in your code */
$logged_in = checkLogin();
?>
<body>
</body>
</html>2.) Registration
<title>Registration</title>
<?
session_start();
include("database.php");
/**
* Returns true if the username has been taken
* by another user, false otherwise.
*/
function usernameTaken($username){
global $conn;
if(!get_magic_quotes_gpc()){
$username = addslashes($username);
}
$q = "select username from users where username = '$username'";
$result = mysql_query($q,$conn);
return (mysql_numrows($result) > 0);
}
/**
* Inserts the given (username, password) pair
* into the database. Returns true on success,
* false otherwise.
*/
function addNewUser($username, $password){
global $conn;
$q = "INSERT INTO users VALUES ('$username', '$password')";
return mysql_query($q,$conn);
$q = "INSERT INTO virtuala VALUES ('$username')";
return mysql_query($q,$conn);
}
/**
* Displays the appropriate message to the user
* after the registration attempt. It displays a
* success or failure status depending on a
* session variable set during registration.
*/
function displayStatus(){
$uname = $_SESSION['reguname'];
if($_SESSION['regresult']){
?>
<h1>Registered!</h1>
<p>Thank you <b><? echo $uname; ?></b>, your information has been added to the database, you may now <a href="index.php" title="Login">log in</a>.</p>
<?
}
else{
?>
<h1>Registration Failed</h1>
<p>We're sorry, but an error has occurred and your registration for the username <b><? echo $uname; ?></b>, could not be completed.<br>
Please try again at a later time.</p>
<?
}
unset($_SESSION['reguname']);
unset($_SESSION['registered']);
unset($_SESSION['regresult']);
}
if(isset($_SESSION['registered'])){
/**
* This is the page that will be displayed after the
* registration has been attempted.
*/
?>
<html>
</head>
<title>Registration Page</title>
<body>
<? displayStatus(); ?>
</body>
</html>
<?
return;
}
/**
* Determines whether or not to show to sign-up form
* based on whether the form has been submitted, if it
* has, check the database for consistency and create
* the new account.
*/
if(isset($_POST['subjoin'])){
/* Make sure all fields were entered */
if(!$_POST['user'] || !$_POST['pass']){
die('You didn\'t fill in a required field.');
}
/* Spruce up username, check length */
$_POST['user'] = trim($_POST['user']);
if(strlen($_POST['user']) > 30){
die("Sorry, the username is longer than 30 characters, please shorten it.");
}
/* Check if username is already in use */
if(usernameTaken($_POST['user'])){
$use = $_POST['user'];
die("Sorry, the username: <strong>$use</strong> is already taken, please pick another one.");
}
/* Add the new account to the database */
$md5pass = md5($_POST['pass']);
$_SESSION['reguname'] = $_POST['user'];
$_SESSION['regresult'] = addNewUser($_POST['user'], $md5pass);
$_SESSION['registered'] = true;
echo "<meta http-equiv=\"Refresh\" content=\"0;url=$HTTP_SERVER_VARS[PHP_SELF]\">";
return;
}
else{
/**
* This is the page with the sign-up form, the names
* of the input fields are important and should not
* be changed.
*/
?>
<html>
<title>Registration Page</title>
<body>
<h1>Register</h1>
<form action="<? echo $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post">
<table align="left" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3">
<tr><td>Username:</td><td><input type="text" name="user" maxlength="30"></td></tr>
<tr><td>Password:</td><td><input type="password" name="pass" maxlength="30"></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" align="right"><input type="submit" name="subjoin" value="Join!"></td></tr>
</table>
</form>
</body>
</html>
<?
}
?>3.) Database
<title>Database</title>
</head>
<body>
<?
/**
* Connect to the mysql database.
*/
$conn = mysql_connect("localhost", "root", "ballplayer") or die(mysql_error());
mysql_select_db('users', $conn) or die(mysql_error());
?>
</body>
</html>When I open registration in my dreamweaver testing browser and input a username and password and press "Join!" the next page brings up the message: <bR>Access forbidden!
You don't have permission to access the requested object. It is either read-protected or not readable by the server.
If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.
Error 403
localhost
2/19/2011 2:50:07 PM
Apache/2.2.17 (Win32) mod_ssl/2.2.17 OpenSSL/0.9.8o PHP/5.3.4 mod_perl/2.0.4 Perl/v5.10.1<br>
When I check my apache error log it tells me:<br>
[Sat Feb 19 14:50:04 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] PHP Notice: Undefined variable: HTTP_SERVER_VARS in C:\\xampp\\htdocs\\Grouplete\\register.php on line 132
[Sat Feb 19 14:50:07 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] (20024)The given path is misformatted or contained invalid characters: Cannot map POST /grouplete/%3Cbr%20/%3E%3Cb%3ENotice%3C/b%3E:%20%20Undefined%20variable:%20HTTP_SERVER_VARS%20in%20%3Cb%3EC:/xampp/htdocs/Grouplete/register.php%3C/b%3E%20on%20line%20%3Cb%3E132%3C/b%3E%3Cbr%20/%3E HTTP/1.1 to file, referer: http://localhost/grouplete/register.php
Can one of you experts tell me what I should do?