[phplib] [Q] How to redirect to different pages during authentication? From: Michael A. Alderete (alderete <email protected>)
Date: 01/02/01

I would like to understand better when and where I can safely redirect a
user to a new page during the authentication process. Here are two
scenarios where I'd like to do this:

1. I have a login form in the sidebar of my navigation. If the user uses it
to log in correctly, I stay on the page, but if they make a mistake, I'd
like to redirect them to a more detailed login page, with a full error
message (there's no room in the sidebar), help notes and the like.

(I'm using this method for the sidebar login form:
<http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=phplib&m=97421257318116&w=2>)

2. I want the user to register, and then have to confirm their registration
by clicking on a link in an e-mail that I'll send them. I can send the
e-mail, I can change their status when they click the link, and I can
prevent them from logging in until they change their status. But I don't
know how to NOT log them in at the end of the registration process.

That is, at the end of the auth_doregister() routine I have two choices:
return false, which will just bring up the registration screen again, and
return a valid $uid, which logs them in. What I REALLY want to do is
redirect them to a thankyou page, that explains that they need to wait for
the e-mail and click the link.

What is the correct way to do this? Can I just use the header("Location:
...") method, or will that cause problems for other parts of PHPLIB? Is
there a mechanism in the library that enables this cleanly?

Thanks!

Michael 

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