Re: [phplib] PHP4 sessions From: Gera Makarov (gmakarov <email protected>)
Date: 11/04/00

Ops! my mistake.
I've corrected that but my question remains open.

Gera

"R.B. Scholtus" wrote:

> you cannot register a variable like that, use:
>
> session_register("var");
> $var++;
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Gera Makarov <gmakarov <email protected>>
> To: phpgen <php-general <email protected>>; phplib <phplib <email protected>>
> Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2000 12:00 AM
> Subject: [phplib] PHP4 sessions
>
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I am trying to write a simple application which would utilize sessions.
> > I don't want to rely on cookies so I pass SID to the relevant pages.
> > The two problems I am currently struggling with are, first: how do
> > I pass SID to the initial page, the one that starts the session (I can
> > actually do it but I'm not sure if that's a good way of doing it, see
> > the
> > example code below), also when I refresh the initial page it creates a
> > new
> > session, is there a way to prevent it? and second: when I follow the
> > links
> > on the first page and then press browser's back button, the browser
> > (both
> > Netscape and IE5) is asking to refresh the page. Is it possible to avoid
> > it?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> > Regards,
> >
> > Gera
> >
> >
> > Here's the code that I wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > session_start();
> > session_register("SESSION");
> > $SESSION[sid] = SID;
> >
> > ...
> >
> > //
> > // The email and password have been submited.
> > //
> > if ($SESSION[go] == 1) {
> >
> > if ( !empty($primary_email) && !empty($password) ) {
> >
> > if (!isset($SESSION[primary_email]) ||
> > !isset($SESSION[password])) {
> >
> > //
> > // Incorrect e-mail and/or password.
> > //
> > if (!$sec->check_user($primary_email, $password)) {
> >
> > print_messg("Incorrect username / password");
> > session_destroy();
> > exit;
> >
> > //
> > // The user has been authenticated.
> > //
> > } else {
> >
> > $SESSION[go] = 2;
> > $SESSION[primary_email] = $primary_email;
> > $SESSION[password] = $password;
> >
> > start_html("","Members Area");
> > print_members($SESSION[sid]);
> > end_html;
> >
> > }
> >
> > }
> >
> > //
> > // Empty e-mail and/or password.
> > //
> > } else if (empty($primary_email) || empty($password)) {
> >
> > start_html("","");
> > print_messg("Please enter your e-mail and password");
> > end_html();
> > session_destroy();
> > exit;
> > }
> >
> > //
> > // The user is already logged in.
> > //
> > } else if ($SESSION[go] == 2) {
> >
> > start_html("","Members Area");
> > print_members($SESSION[sid]);
> > end_html;
> >
> > //
> > // The user has not logged in yet or
> > // authentication has failed.
> > //
> > } else {
> >
> > if (empty($SESSION[go])) $SESSION[go] = 1;
> >
> > start_html("","Members Area");
> >
> > //
> > // This will print a form which will ask
> > // for e-mail and password, when the form is
> > // submited it will return $primary_email
> > // and $password to this script
> > //
> > print_login($SESSION[sid]);
> > end_html;
> >
> > }
> >
> >
> >
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