I'm sure this has been answered many times but its something i've struggled with doing, if i wanted a user login on one page, when, for example "John" logs in he goes to an area that only "John" can see, "Jill" cannot see this area and cant access it by URL entry. So if the username matches the right password in a mysql db, then direct them to a private area that only that username can access? Can someone give me a hand structuring this please? Thanks
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Jump to PostSo, will Jill have an area that John can't see? or does John have membership privileges that Jill doesn't have? What I'm asking is: is this more a membership deal where one set of members goes to one 'part' of the site and another go to a different part, or …
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You've gone into an area I know very little about. :)
I think you want to do a little research into MOD_REWRITE, assuming you use an Apache server.
So:
New user signs up -> create directory (or) create entry in mySQL database
-> edit external …
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