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[Luke101]

I was told that i needed to use PHP for login form. Do i really? Can you place the code i need. I DONT KNOW A CODE!

[scottyrob]

I dont think you will get much response if you cannot even be bothered to try! If you cant be bothered to try, search google for some pre-made ones. If you want to try and make it yourself, im sure we will all be more than happy to help!

Fet

[NogDog]

No, you don't have to use PHP, specifically. You do need to use some sort of server-side processing, and if your web server supports it then PHP would be a good option, but it's certainly not the only good option.

Whatever option you choose, it's not just a question of posting a few lines of code for you to copy-and-paste. For one thing there's also the set-up of the database (or other data source) where user login data will be stored. As stated above, searching the various script repository sites will find many pre-made solutions (of various quality from excellent to crappy), but asking us to simply write one for you probably is not going to get much response here.

[Luke101]

I dont think you will get much response if you cannot even be bothered to try! If you cant be bothered to try, search google for some pre-made ones. If you want to try and make it yourself, im sure we will all be more than happy to help!

Fet
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[william232]

hey,man the only way to learn is by looking at tutorals :)

[Luke101]

:(

[NogDog]

Follow the link in my sig for one login control option.

[PJStew]

I have some code I use to do this, it's a MySQL database and table, with a PHP add new user, and a PHP login. i'll post it up when i get home.
I think every one is right with saying you should have a go, then we'll all help. I started learning PHP because I needed a login, and found all the info i needed from other treads on this forum, and lots of help from everyone. :)

[PJStew]

ok, here you go. I've got this on my home page.

index.php
<?php session_start(); ?>
<?php if( ! session_is_registered("username") )
{ echo("<form action=\"authenticate5.php\" method=\"post\">
Username:<br />
<input type=\"text\" name=\"username\" size=\"12\" />
<br />
Password:<br />
<input type=\"password\" name=\"password\" size=\"12\" />
<br />
<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Log In\" />
</form></p><span class=\"style4\"><a href=\"create_user.php\">Create account</a></span>"); }
else { echo("<span class=\"style4\">User Name: $username &nbsp;
<a href=\"logout2.php\">LogOut</a></span>"); } ?>

authenticate5.php
<?php
if( (!$username) or (!$password) )
{ header("Location:http://localhost/Dinamic%20uni/Unicycle/index.php"); exit(); }
$conn=@mysql_connect("localhost", "username", "password")
or die("Could not connect");
$rs = @mysql_select_db("my_database", $conn)
or die("could not select database");
$sql="select * from users where user_name=\"$username\" and password = password( \"$password\" )";
$rs=mysql_query($sql,$conn)
or die("Could not execute query");
$num = mysql_numrows($rs);
if($num != 0)
{ session_start();
session_register("username");
$username = $username;
header("LOCATION:http://localhost/Dinamic%20uni/Unicycle/index.php");
}

else
{ header("Location:http://localhost/Dinamic%20uni/Unicycle/index.php"); exit(); }
?>


create_user.php
<?php
if( (!$_POST['firstname']) or (!$_POST['lastname']) or (!$_POST['username']) or (!$_POST['password']) )
{
$form ="<p>Please enter all new user details.</p>";
$form.="<form action=\"$PHP_SELF\"";
$form.=" method=\"post\">First Name:<br /> ";
$form.="<input type=\"text\" name=\"firstname\"";
$form.=" value=\"$firstname\"><br />Last Name:<br /> ";
$form.="<input type=\"text\" name=\"lastname\"";
$form.=" value=\"$lastname\"><br />User Name:<br /> ";
$form.="<input type=\"text\" name=\"username\"";
$form.=" value=\"$username\"><br />Password:<br /> ";
$form.="<input type=\"text\" name=\"password\"";
$form.=" value=\"$password\"><br /><br />";
$form.="<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\">";
$form.="</form>";
echo($form);
}
else
{ $conn = mysql_connect("localhost","username","password")
or die("Could not connect to MySQL");
$db = mysql_select_db("my_database",$conn)
or die("Could not select database");
$sql = "insert into `users`
(`first_name`,`last_name`,`user_name`,`password`) values
(\"$firstname\",\"$lastname\",\"$username\",password(\"$password\") )";
$result = mysql_query($sql,$conn)
or die(mysql_error());
if($result) { echo("New user $username added"); }
}
?>

and MySQL database is called my_database and looks like this.



mysql> use my_database;
Database changed
mysql> explain users;
+------------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+------------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| first_name | varchar(50) | YES | | NULL | |
| last_name | varchar(50) | YES | | NULL | |
| user_name | varchar(25) | YES | UNI | NULL | |
| password | varchar(41) | YES | | NULL | |
+------------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
4 rows in set (0.00 sec)

mysql>

[Luke101]

:)

[PJStew]

did that solve it for you? :)