still don't see the need to pass as a header...
<?PHP
$success=0;
$failure_notice='';
if($login){
# lets say we are checking against database for valid user
#connect to db
#do your query
#get result in $valid_login, $valid_pass
if($login==$valid_login & $passwd=$valid_pass) {
$success=1
}else{
$failure_notice='FAILED';
}
}else{
# nothing - not loggin in
}
if($success=1){
#correct login, proceed to page
header("wherever.php"); #make sure no output to screen
}else{
#login failed, we have to reprint the login with the failure notice
echo $failure_notice;
#willshow failed if login failed and nothing if first display of screen
echo '<form...>
<input... name=login value='.$login.'>';
#will display login so user doesnt' have to retype
}
?>
you avoid the http://his.website.com/rams/login.php?failure=true as you just get
login.php each time as far as the displayed URL.
my opinion, let the scripting handle all the logic and ease off the header
functions.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Matt Rogers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2001 11:00 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [PHP] Re: HTTP header question.
>
>
>I don't know how to solve your problem, but I do know what you are talking
>about.. People just aren't understanding.
>
>All he wants is if you go to "login.php" in your browser, the Location will
>show:
>
>http://his.website.com/rams/login.php
>
>Okay? Got it? NOW....... If you attempt to log in and give the form an
>INCORRECT login, he wants to SOMEHOW (and currently trying by headers) wants
>the location to show this:
>
>http://his.website.com/rams/login.php
>
>AND NOT:
>
>http://his.website.com/rams/login.php?failure=true
>
>Is that hard to understand?
>I hope I have helped to some degree.
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>> Hey all,
>>
>> I want to craft a header such that it seems to the page that data has
>> been POST'ed to it... Here's the situation: I'm writing a login page to
>> my application, and if they log in incorrectly, I want the page to
>> redisplay, but I want it to throw out an error message. I'm currently
>> doing it by
>>
>> header("Location: login.php?failure=true");
>>
>> but I'd like to make it transparent. Any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ben
>>
>
>
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