[dflowers]

Hello and thank you for taking the time to help me. I am very new to PHP/MySQL and I have seen several examples of login scripts that allow you to control access to pahes, etc, but I need something a little different. I need to be able to have a user login using a username and password I supply to them and then have the script check their username and password and if it is correct, it returns the contents of a third field named "pincode". Any ideas on how to do this? I am not even really sure where to begin. I am really looking for an explanation on how to accomplish this, not a ready made script. It is important to me that I understand how to code this script. Thank you in advance. Dorian

[Kethinov]

In order to accomplish this on a single page, you simply need to know how to make forms and handle the $_POST variables. If you want to be able to have users login and track their session across multiple pages, you'll need to learn how to use $_SESSION variables as well.

[codywallis]

Put all this code in one PHP file.

Ok here's is the form code

PHP Code:

<form action="" method="POST">

Username: <input type="text" name="username"><br>

Password: <input type="text" name="password"><br>

<?php echo $pincode; ?>

<br>

<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit">

Here is the php code

PHP Code:

<?php



         if(isset($Submit)) {

          

             if($_POST['username']=='codywallis' && $_POST['password']=='codywallis') {

             $pincode="Pin code: <input type='text' name='pincode'>";

             }

}

?>