SESSION problem

[OldRod]

I have something not working

When a user logs in, I call authenticate.php and in that file is the following code that runs if the user enters a valid username/password:

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$_SESSION['player_name']=$playername;
echo "<center>You are now logged in $playername. Have fun!<br></center>";
header('Refresh: 2; URL=index.php');
exit;

Over in index.php I have the following:

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if (isset($_SESSION['player_name']))
{
	$playername = $_SESSION['player_name'];
	echo "$playername logged in";
}
else
{
	include 'login.php';
}

So, if the session variable is set, I get a message saying I logged in. If not, I get the login boxes.

My problem is, the first branch of the if statement is not running, meaning the session is not being set (?), but I'm setting it in authenticate.php right before it refreshes back to index.php. What am I missing here?

[SpiritWebb]

could the exit call in authenticate be the one killing the statement?

And in your index.php file, instead of include 'login.php'; wouldn't you want that to say, <a href='login.php'></a>?

[hallsofvallhalla]

to test echo out the player session to see if it holds any data, if not then be sure you setting the session with session start.

[Chris]

$_SESSION['player_name']=$_POST['playername']; ?

[OldRod]

Ok, move along... nothing to see here...

I had been moving blocks of code around and accidentally deleted my session_start() in authenticate.php

That's why it was so puzzling - this code worked yesterday, I was just moving it around a bit

[Jackolantern]

Ok, move along... nothing to see here...

I had been moving blocks of code around and accidentally deleted my session_start() in authenticate.php

That's why it was so puzzling - this code worked yesterday, I was just moving it around a bit

The joys of programming We always look for the most complicated answer first.

[hallsofvallhalla]

haha i had a feeling that was it.