Hi all,
after a login, the redirected page states
You are logged in as:
but for some reason this is coming up blank (or, if I change it to "user" it says Array).
I have a table (users) with username, firstname, lastname.
I want the firstname and lastname to be displayed on the redirected page.
Not sure whatother info you might need to help me with this?
The login php
This is the php on the page that they get directed to:
after a login, the redirected page states
You are logged in as:
but for some reason this is coming up blank (or, if I change it to "user" it says Array).
I have a table (users) with username, firstname, lastname.
I want the firstname and lastname to be displayed on the redirected page.
Not sure whatother info you might need to help me with this?
The login php
PHP:
<?php
session_start();
require_once('includes/config.php');
if(isset($_POST['submitted'])) {
$form = new wc_validation();
$form->Text($_POST['username'],'UserName',false,0,50);
$form->Text($_POST['password'],'Password',true);
if (!$form->hasErrors){
/* There no empty form issues. Process SQL requests to check if user is on the system */
$sql = "SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = '" . $form->formData['UserName'] . "' ";
if (!$result = $db->Select($sql)){
/* no username match */
$form->addError('UserName','The username you entered does not appear to exist in our system. Please double check you have entered it correctly and try again');
} else {
/* username exists check password */
$sql = "SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = '" . $form->formData['UserName'] . "' AND password = '" . md5($form->formData['Password']) . "' LIMIT 1";
if (!$result = $db->Select($sql)){
/* user correct password not */
$form->addError('Password','The password does not match with the credentials we have on the system. Please try again');
} else {
/* they have used the correct details and now can be redirected to the appropriate areas if they are admin or not. */
if ($result[0]['admin'] == '0'){
#redirect to non admin page
$_SESSION['user']['username'] = $result[0]['firstname']." ".$result[0]['surname'];
$_SESSION['user']['level'] = $result[0]['admin'];
header('Location: client.php');
exit;
}else {
#redirect to admin page
$_SESSION['user']['username'] = $result[0]['firstname']." ".$result[0]['surname'];
$_SESSION['user']['level'] = $result[0]['admin'];
header('Location: admin.php');
exit;
}
}
}
}
}
?>This is the php on the page that they get directed to:
PHP:
<?php
echo "<strong>You are logged in as:</strong> " . $_SESSION['user']['username'];
?>
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