not echoing correctly

amcf1992 · 09-14-2011, 03:59 AM

The echo is not echoing please help

Code:

<?php session_start(); ?>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Account Dashboard</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
$name = $_SESSION['username'];  
echo "$name";
?>
</body>
</html>

tracknut · 09-14-2011, 04:06 AM

You're not giving us much to start with. Presumably you put something in $_SESSION['username'] somewhere, and now when you print it, it's not showing up?

Dave

amcf1992 · 09-14-2011, 04:22 AM

This is the code where I have session variables

Code:

<?php
include("dbsettings.php");


// Connect to server and select database.
mysql_connect("$host", "$username", "$password")or die("cannot connect"); 
mysql_select_db("$db_name")or die("cannot select DB");

// Get values from form

$username=$_POST['username'];
$firstname=$_POST['firstname'];
$lastname=$_POST['lastname'];
$address=$_POST['address'];
$email=$_POST['email'];
$password=$_POST['password'];
$pass2=$_POST['password2'];
$account=$_POST['account'];
$secret1=$_POST['secret1'];

$sql="select * from `" . $tbl_name . "` where `username`='" . $username . "' and `password`='" . $password . "' ";



$result=mysql_query($sql);
$count=mysql_num_rows($result);

if($count==1)

{


$_SESSION['username'];
$_SESSION['password'];

}
 
echo '<META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" Content="0; URL=account.php?success">'; 
?>

tracknut · 09-14-2011, 04:31 AM

Two things... I don't see a call to session_start() in that second routine, and then I see a random statement:

Code:

$_SESSION['username'];

I'm guessing you mean:

Code:

$_SESSION['username'] = $username;

Dave

BluePanther · 09-14-2011, 04:33 AM

It looks like you're making a login script, but it's not really doing anything. Inside the count if, you should be assigning variables - not just stating them randomly. It should be $_SESSION['username'] = $variable etc. You really should know how variables work if you're attempting programming.

Also, you don't need encapsulation when echo'ing variables in PHP. echo $name; will work just fine. Using encapsulation ("'s) like you're doing will also work, but takes longer as php takes it as a string, then parses the value for $name inside the string. While you're learning, you should note the difference between ' and ". Encapsulating text in ' will tell php to treat it as plain text, whereas encapsulating a string in " will tell php to parse any variables inside it as their value.
An example of that:

PHP Code:


			
;

$foo = 'bar';

echo $foo; // Will echo bar;

echo '$foo'; // Will echo $foo;

echo "$foo"; // Will echo bar;

Also, look at the isset() and empty() functions for things like session vars.

BluePanther · 09-14-2011, 04:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tracknut

Two things... I don't see a call to session_start() in that second routine, and then I see a random statement:

Code:

$_SESSION['username'];

I'm guessing you mean:

Code:

$_SESSION['username'] = $username;

Dave

Oh, and session_start(). Never noticed that one haha.

session_start() is required at the top of all pages that are going to use sessions.

amcf1992 · 09-14-2011, 04:36 AM

I do have session start at the top

Code:

<?php session_start(); ?>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Account Dashboard</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php

$name = $_SESSION['username'];  
echo "$name";
?>
</body>
</html>

BluePanther · 09-14-2011, 04:51 AM

Not in the script you pasted in post #3 you don't. The script you're setting (or trying to set in your original case) session variables. And please lads, use php tags instead of code tags.

capypara · 09-14-2011, 05:53 AM

if those scripts are just a small part of yr complete code (that relates to this problem) then the problem may lie somewhere else. otherwise as what other posters have said, you are not passing any value into your Session[username] at all.

BluePanther · 09-14-2011, 06:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by capypara

if those scripts are just a small part of yr complete code (that relates to this problem) then the problem may lie somewhere else. otherwise as what other posters have said, you are not passing any value into your Session[username] at all.

The problem is definitely what's above. You can see that there is no assignment to the session variables, and no session_start() at the top of his page.

But, it's logical to assume that there could be errors in other files as well - just nothing that will relate to this immediate problem.