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James Wrest
3,480 Pointscreate a login for users
Hi
How you create a sign up form with a login, so users can long in and see the details?
7 Answers
Grace Kelly
33,990 PointsHi James, usually with sign up forms we use databases to store the information and then in the log in process the details are checked against the values in the database to see if they match. Sessions are also used to hold information about the user while they are logged in. There is a great course here on treehouse that explains databases and you can read more about sessions here.
But to show you an example of a very simple log in form you can do the following:
<form action="" method="post">
<label for="username">Username:</label>
<input type="text" id="username" name="username">
<label for="password">Password:</label>
<input type="password" id="password" name="password">
<input type="submit" name="user_login" value="Login">
</form>
<?php
$username = "mike";
$password = "sesame";
if($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] === "POST"){
if($_POST["username"] === $username && $_POST["password"] === $password) {
echo "Welcome Back " . $username . "!";
} else {
echo "Sorry, your login details are incorrect";
}
}
?>
This isn't ideal as the username has to be "mike" and the password has to be "sesame", so really only one user can use this system.
Hope that helps!!
James Wrest
3,480 PointsHi
i found this site helped http://www.phpeasystep.com/phptu/6.html
once i chaged some code
Dont use session_register(), session_is_registered() and session_unregister()
You can use $_SESSION[] instead of that
Jiri Stepanek
10,740 PointsHi, first you need to learn how to use MySQL database and implement it in your code. Then users can create their accounts with passwords and other stuff... ;)
Jiri Stepanek
10,740 PointsHi, first you need to learn how to use MySQL database and implement it in your code. Then users can create their accounts with passwords and other stuff... ;)
James Wrest
3,480 PointsHi
yea I have done Using PHP with MySQL in treehouse and have connected my php page to the mysql data base.
Just not sure what the next step is .....
Ted Sumner
Courses Plus Student 17,967 PointsMake sure you hash passwords. I have to learn how to do that, but I know it is necessary.
Larry Kenebrew Jr
5,378 PointsYou mean to tell me there is not a php lesson here on Team Treehouse for this?
Ted Sumner
Courses Plus Student 17,967 PointsI believe they are developing one, but it does not exist yet.