I have created the following scenario.
I have the index.php file which shows the mainpage. On this there are two fields - User Id and password enclosed in a form tag. The submit button calls the login.php file.
Login.php validates the user id, password etc
Once validation is successful, I want the login.php page to take me to MyDashboard.php page (passing the User Id and Password along).
I tried Header in PHP but does not work. I also tried to do a Javascript window.location.href and tried to call it on $(document).ready but nothing happens.
Please help.
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<?php
include_once('./library/Common.php');
$_EmailId = trim($_POST['validemailid']);
$_Password = trim($_POST['password1']);
$_Rememberme = trim($_POST['rememberme']);
// Get the username from the Email Id by searching for @
$_UName= substr($_EmailId, 0, strpos($_EmailId, '@'));
$_Password = md5($_Password);
session_start();
$_SESSION['username'] = $_UName;
$query = "select username, firstname, password_hash,userstatus from users where username = ? and emailid = ?";
$dbconn = new mysqli('localhost', 'root', '','myDB');
if($dbconn->connect_errno)
{
print getHTML('ERROR', "Error in connecting to mysql".$dbconn->connect_error);
}
if(!($stmt=$dbconn->prepare($query)))
{
print getHTML('ERROR',"error in preparing sql statement".$dbconn->error);
}
if(!($stmt->bind_param('ss',$_UName,$_EmailId)))
{
print getHTML('ERROR',"error in binding params in sql statement".$stmt->error);
}
if(!$stmt->execute())
{
print getHTML('ERROR',"Execute failed: (" . $stmt->errno . ") " . $stmt->error);
}
$result=$stmt->get_result();
$row = $result->fetch_assoc();
$_dbpwd = $row['password_hash'];
$_userstatus = $row['userstatus'];
$errstatus = false;
if ($row['username'] != $_UName)
{
print getHTML('ERROR',"User does not exist with the given email id: ".$_EmailId);
$errstatus = true;
}
if(($row['password_hash'] != $_Password) && !$errstatus)
{
print getHTML('ERROR',"Password does not match");
$errstatus = true;
}
if(($row['userstatus'] != 'ACTIVE') && !$errstatus)
{
print getHTML('ERROR',"User is inactive. Please check your email for activation");
$errstatus = true;
}
if(!$errstatus)
{
$_SESSION['firstname'] = $row['firstname'];
$chksession = "SELECT sessionid FROM USERSESSIONS WHERE USERNAME = ? AND ENDDATE IS NULL";
if(!($sessionstmt=$dbconn->prepare($chksession)))
{
print "error in preparing sql statement".$dbconn->error;
exit();
}
$sessionstmt->bind_param('s',$_UName);
$sessionstmt->execute();
$sessionresult=$sessionstmt->get_result();
$sessionrow= $sessionresult->fetch_assoc();
$currdate = date('y-m-d H:i:s');
if($sessionrow['sessionid'] == 0)
{
$insertstmt = $dbconn->query("INSERT INTO USERSESSIONS(USERNAME,STARTDATE,ENDDATE) VALUES ('".$_UName."','".$currdate."',null)");
$insertstmt->close();
}
}
$sessionstmt->close();
$stmt->close();
$dbconn->close();
header("Location :MyDashboard.php");
exit;
?>
--- End of Edit -----
Amit
Try include()
This function allows you to include code from other php scripts.
You should use session variables to store variables within a login session. Passing a password along to other pages is not recommended, nor necessary. Read up on Sessions, and take a look at already existing login scripts. Below is a very simple example, redirecting to the next page using the header()
function.
<?php
// Validate user credentials and save to session
session_start();
$_SESSION['userId'] = $userId;
// Redirect to next page
header("Location: dashboard.php");
// Make sure that code below does not get executed when we redirect
exit;
?>
The header function is the correct way. As long as you don't have any output before calling the header function, it should work.
http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.header.php
Post your code, and let's see what it is that isn't working!
If user authenticated, In PHP:
header('Location:MyDashboard.php');
Header should work in your condition.
Tou can use following code:
header("Location:filename");
exit();