[Mister B.]

okay, this all works untill I tried to add cookies... so here is my code

PHP Code:

<?php

session_start();

if ($_GET['sent'] == "yes") {

if ($_POST['uname'] == ""){

include 'top.php';

echo 'You must fill out all fields.  You did not enter a username.<BR>';

echo 'Please push the back button on your browser and fill out the field.';

} elseif ($_POST['pword'] == "") {

include 'top.php';

echo 'You must fill out all fields.  You did not enter a password.<BR>';

echo 'Please push the back button on your browser and fill out the field.';

}else{

$uname=$_POST['uname'];

$pword=$_POST['pword'];

$link = mysql_connect("localhost","******","******");

mysql_select_db("evil",$link);

$result = mysql_query ("SELECT * FROM users WHERE un='$uname' and up='$pword'");

$myrow = mysql_fetch_array($result);

$admin = $myrow['adm'];

$num=mysql_num_rows($result);

if($num=="0"){

include 'top.php';

echo "Login Failed!";

}

else{

setcookie(login['user'], $_POST['uname']);

setcookie(login['admin'], $admin);

include 'top.php';

echo $_COOKIE['login']['user'];

echo $_COOKIE['login']['admin'];

echo "Logged in Successfully as ";

echo $_POST['uname'];

echo ".  Welcome back to www.ChaoticEvil.tk!";

}

}

}else{

include 'top.php';

?>

<FORM name="login" METHOD="POST" ACTION="/login.php?sent=yes">

Username: <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="uname">

Password: <INPUT TYPE="password" NAME="pword">

<INPUT TYPE="submit" NAME="SUBMIT" VALUE="LOGIN">

<?php

}

include 'bot.php';

?>

Error: Parse error: parse error in c:\phpdev\www\login.php on line 29
why won't my cookies work??

[optix]

echo $_COOKIE['login']['user'];
echo $_COOKIE['login']['admin'];

Should be

echo "$_COOKIE['login']['user']"; // <~~ line 29 by the way
echo "$_COOKIE['login']['admin']";





AND


echo $_POST['uname'];

Should Be

echo "$_POST['uname']";


Try that.

[Mister B.]

no dice, now it says
Parse error: parse error in c:\phpdev\www\login.php on line 26


HELP PLEASE!

[NeverMind]

Originally Posted by optix

echo $_COOKIE['login']['user'];
echo $_COOKIE['login']['admin'];

Should be

echo "$_COOKIE['login']['user']"; // <~~ line 29 by the way
echo "$_COOKIE['login']['admin']";





AND


echo $_POST['uname'];

Should Be

echo "$_POST['uname']";


Try that.

NEVER use double quotes with associative arrays !
check this post I wrote in another topic:
http://www.programmingtalk.com/showt...5523#post25523

what he did is correct ..

in your setcookie part, you shouldn't write this:

PHP Code:

setcookie(login['user'], $_POST['uname']); 

setcookie(login['admin'], $admin); 

you didn't provide all arguments needed for this function !!
you should give it time, path and domain !
also don't enclose its names user and admin with quotes ! the whole name should be quoted !
it should be like this:

PHP Code:

//this cookie will last for one week !

setcookie('login[user]', $_POST['uname'], time()+3600*24*7, '/', 'DOMAIN_HERE'); 

setcookie('login[admin]', $admin, time()+3600*24*7, '/', 'DOMAIN_HERE'); 

[Mister B.]

okay, but what should I put for DOMAIN? localhost?
and if so just 'localhost' or 'http://localhost/'

[NeverMind]

localhost isn't a real domain !
domain is something like this:
http://www.programmingtalk.com
in cookies it's preferable to use it like this:
.programmingtalk.com
so it can be accessable in subdomains as well ..
so in your situation:

PHP Code:

//this cookie will last for one week ! 

setcookie('login[user]', $_POST['uname'], time()+3600*24*7, '/', '.sagaofchaos.tk'); 

setcookie('login[admin]', $admin, time()+3600*24*7, '/', '.sagaofchaos.tk'); 

but if you want the cookie to be strictly used in main domain only then add www but without http://

[Mister B.]

right got you... -- saga of chaos wow that was a long time ago... Should update that.

Okay, one more question. right now I am just testing on apache on my computer so the site is like http://localhost/login.php or whatever... what should I use in my cookie then?

[NeverMind]

if you are running the script in your local machine then just leave it blank in the domain ! meaning :

PHP Code:

//ONLY if you are running on localhost

setcookie('login[user]', $_POST['uname'], time()+3600*24*7, '/', '');

setcookie('login[admin]', $admin, time()+3600*24*7, '/', ''); 

but when you upload it to real world then make sure that you change it to the domain name you are using !
and note, you shouln't add file names into the domain or the script wont work properly !

[Mister B.]

thanks alot, I will test it in a bit