[mdmartiny]

After reading about sessions and cookies.
I have some knowledge of cookies and no knowledge of sessions

I have decided to go with session for a script that I am writing. I know to start a session you use session_start(). I would like to give that session to have a name.

Something like

$_Session['name'] = authorized

So every page that people go to the script calls for the authorized session name to make sure that it is valid. If it is not valid they are then routed back to the login page.

I have searched on Google for a tutorial or something that would show me with no success.

[JackOfAllTrades]

So you obviously read the docs, right?

[mdmartiny]

JackOfAllTrades, on 12 February 2011 - 06:40 PM, said:

So you obviously read the docs, right?

I did read them and I tried setting one on my own. When I set the name to authorized and then try to

 if ($_SESSION['authorized'] != "yes" {
        header(Location: "login.php")
        $_SESSION['error'] = "PLEASE LOGIN!!!"
}

Nothing happens.

[Dormilich]

syntax error or typo on lines 1 - 3.

a session variable usually is not displayed in the output.

This post has been edited by Dormilich: 12 February 2011 - 12:34 PM

[creativecoding]

What is going on here?

 if ($_SESSION['authorized'] != "yes" {
        header(Location: "login.php")
        $_SESSION['error'] = "PLEASE LOGIN!!!"
}

should be

 if ($_SESSION['authorized'] != "yes") {
        header("Location: login.php");
        $_SESSION['error'] = "PLEASE LOGIN!!!";
}

Have you read a simple tutorial on PHP?

This post has been edited by Dormilich: 12 February 2011 - 03:58 PM
Reason for edit:: fixing typo

[macosxnerd101]

You should also change your variable's value before using the header() function, which redirects you to another page.