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PHP

Posted by asaf omri
asaf omri
Courses Plus Student 2,784 Points

What's wrong with this code?

$_POST['username'] = $username;
    $_POST['password'] = $password;

if($username == '' or $password == '') {
   header("location: index.php");
   exit;
}
if(!empty($username) or !empty($password)) {
    echo 'you logged in';
}

it doesn't echo you logged in on login.php which is the processing

1 Answer

Erik McClintock
Erik McClintock
45,783 Points
Erik McClintock
Erik McClintock
45,783 Points

Asaf,

It's hard to say without seeing the form itself. At the outset, try swapping the placement of your $_POST variables and regular variables, like follows:

$username = $_POST['username'];
$password = $_POST['password'];

See if that does the trick.

Other things to check:

1) Is your form pointing to login.php as its action? 2) Are you checking if a submit button has been hit/'isset'?

Erik