this code snippet is used to autheticate a user's id. however, it generates errors pertaining to the script not being able to send headers with the session data.
// function authenticate() // { // import variables to be read from form import_request_variables("p", "s_"); // set variables to connect to database $db_host = "localhost"; $db_user = "login_1"; $db_pass = "addUser"; $db_name = "jamison_id"; // connect to database $connection = mysql_connect($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass) or die ("Unable to connect!"); mysql_select_db($db_name); $query = "SELECT id_num from login WHERE user = '$s_user_id' AND passwd = '$s_passwd'"; $result = mysql_query($query, $connection) or die ("Error in query: '$query' ." . mysql_error()); // if row exists -> user/pass combination is correct if (mysql_num_rows($result) == 1) { $valid = 1; } else { print($s_user_id); print($s_passwd); } // } // $valid = authenticate($s_user_id, $s_passwd); print($valid); if ($valid == 1) { // initiate a session session_start(); // register some session variables // session_register("SESSION"); // including the username // session_register("SESSION_UNAME"); // $SESSION_UNAME = $f_user; } ?> any help would be appreciated. chris -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php