Echo username using SESSION from login page to redirected page?

**Priyo** · 02-19-2012, 09:21 PM

Scenario:
Two pages - one login and another confirmation of login. I have used SESSION upon a successful login and also successfully redirected to the confirmation page. But I want to echo the username in the redirected page. Which I haven't been able to be successful.

Here is the code for my first and second page both.

Login page -

Code:

<?php ob_start("ob_gzhandler"); include('config.php'); if($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') { $name = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST[Customer_Name]); $password = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST[Password]); //query $query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM customer WHERE Customer_Name='$name' AND Password='$password'"); $query_rows = mysql_num_rows($query); if($query_rows > 0) { echo("Successful Login!"); session_start(); $_SESSION['cname'] = $name; header ("location: logged.php"); } else { echo("Login Failed!"); } } ?>

and confirmation page -

Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <meta name="description" content="" /> <meta name="keywords" content="" /> <meta name="author" content="" /> <title>Colors Inc.</title> <style type="text/css">  </style> <script src="Scripts/AC_RunActiveContent.js" type="text/javascript"></script> </head> <body> <div id="container"> <div id="header"> <h1>Colors Inc.</h1> <p class="logo">Color Up Your Life</p> </div>  <div id="nav"> <ul> <li><a href="index.html">Home</a> </li> <li> <a href="products.html">Products</a></li> <li> <a href="#">Login</a></li> <li> <a href="#">Gallery</a></li> <li> <a href="#">Contact Us</a> </li> </ul> </div>  <div id="content" align="center"> <h1>Welcome</h1> <p> </p> <div align="center"><cite> <script type="text/javascript"> AC_FL_RunContent( 'codebase','http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0','width','431','height','110','title','animation2','src','ColorsFinal2','quality','high','pluginspage','http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash','movie','ColorsFinal2' ); //end AC code </script> <noscript> <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0" width="431" height="110" title="animation2"> <param name="movie" value="ColorsFinal2.swf" /> <param name="quality" value="high" /> <embed src="ColorsFinal2.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="431" height="110"></embed> </object> </noscript> </cite></div> <div class="horline"></div> <h3><center> <p>You have successfully logged in SESSION USERNAME SHOULD APPEAR HERE</p> <p>Now you place your order by clicking <a href="order.php">HERE</a> </p> </center></h3> <p> </p> <h3>Comment from a Customer:</h3> <div class="box"> <p>I've been searching my desired poster for years! And finally it has become possible because of Colors Inc. This is just what I've wanted! Many thanks to them!</p> <p>- Hamim Al Ahsan</p> </div> <p>And that's how our customers love us! Now feel free to roam around the site, choose a product of your choice, or upload your own design! You'll get it in your hands, the service which you didn't have all this time!</p> <div class="horline"></div> <h3> </h3> <h3>Lists</h3> <p>Some Flash Advertisement</p> </div>  <div id="footer"> <p class="center">   <a href="http://validator.w3.org/check/referer">XHTML</a> :: <a href="http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/check/referer">CSS</a><br> Copyright © 2012 colorsinc.com.bd:: Design by Priyotosh Das </p> </div> </div> </body> </html>

Can anyone suggest how can I sustain the SESSION and echo the name on the redirected page?

**keyboard** · 02-19-2012, 10:22 PM

You can only use sessions if you have started the session. Add this to the top of your page.

PHP Code:


session_start();

Also, you have named your session variable cname so simply put this whereever you want to echo it.

PHP Code:


echo $_SESSION['cname'];

so your code should look like this

Code:

<?php 
session_start();
?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en">

<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<meta name="description" content="" />
<meta name="keywords" content="" />
<meta name="author" content="" />
<title>Colors Inc.</title>
<style type="text/css">
<!--
@import url("style.css");
-->
</style>
<script src="Scripts/AC_RunActiveContent.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

</head>

<body>
<div id="container">
  <div id="header">
  <h1>Colors Inc.</h1>
  <p class="logo">Color Up Your Life</p>
</div>
<!-- menu -->
<div id="nav">
  <ul>
    <li><a href="index.html">Home</a> </li>
    <li> <a href="products.html">Products</a></li>
    <li> <a href="#">Login</a></li>
    <li> <a href="#">Gallery</a></li>
    <li> <a href="#">Contact Us</a> </li>
  </ul>
  </div>
<!-- content area -->
<div id="content" align="center">
  <h1>Welcome</h1>
			
			<p>&nbsp;</p>
<div align="center"><cite>
		      <script type="text/javascript">
AC_FL_RunContent( 'codebase','http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0','width','431','height','110','title','animation2','src','ColorsFinal2','quality','high','pluginspage','http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash','movie','ColorsFinal2' ); //end AC code
              </script>
		      <noscript>
		      <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0" width="431" height="110" title="animation2">
                <param name="movie" value="ColorsFinal2.swf" />
                <param name="quality" value="high" />
                <embed src="ColorsFinal2.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="431" height="110"></embed>
              </object>
		      </noscript>
		    </cite></div>
    <div class="horline"></div>
<h3><center>
    <p>You have successfully logged in <?php echo $_SESSION['cname']; ?></p>
    <p>Now you place your order by clicking <a href="order.php">HERE</a> </p>
</center></h3>
                      
                      <p>&nbsp;</p>
<h3>Comment from a Customer:</h3>
<div class="box">
  <p>I've been searching my desired poster for years! And finally it has become possible because of Colors Inc. This is just what I've wanted! Many thanks to them!</p>
  <p>- Hamim Al Ahsan</p>
</div>

                      <p>And that's how our customers love us! Now feel free to roam around the site, choose a product of your choice, or upload your own design! You'll get it in your hands, the service which you didn't have all this time!</p>

			          <div class="horline"></div>	
<h3>&nbsp;</h3>
    <h3>Lists</h3>
    <p>Some Flash Advertisement</p>

</div>
<!-- content area -->
<div id="footer">

  <p class="center">
&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://validator.w3.org/check/referer">XHTML</a> :: <a href="http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/check/referer">CSS</a><br>
Copyright &copy; 2012 colorsinc.com.bd:: Design by Priyotosh Das </p>
  </div>
</div>

</body>
</html>

**Priyo** · 02-20-2012, 05:36 AM

Thank You So Much. It is working just as I expect. I was thinking almost nearly the same thing, just the placement was confusing me.

Thanks again keyboard1333.

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