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user2130360
user2130360

Reputation: 25

PHP show logged-in username on the top of every page

I'm building a College blackboard type app and I have a php file that handles authorization. I use javascript ajax post to send data to server and intermediate php to echo the response back. Then i redirect to the home page.

I can't figure out how to save the username from initial page and display to the top right of the redirected page logged in as 'username'.

I've tried things like 

<!-- main.php -->  
<?php session_start(); $_SESSION['u-name'] = $_POST['ucid'];?>

Then inside other file 

include 'main.php'
echo $_SESSION['id'];

Didn't work.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2045

Answers (2)

Menno
Menno

Reputation: 641

If the 'ucid' in your example is the username, you can use the following codes:

Main.php

<?php 
    session_start();

    if(isset($_POST['ucid'])) { // Added check to make sure it does not empty the session variable if there is no post (because you include this on every page)
        $_SESSION['u-name'] = $_POST['ucid'];
    }
?>

Other file

<?php
    include 'main.php';
    echo $_SESSION['u-name'];
?>

Upvotes: 0

bipen
bipen

Reputation: 36531

inside other file it should be

include 'main.php'
echo $_SESSION['u-name']; 
            //--^^^^^^---here

cause your setting the session to u-name and not id

Upvotes: 2

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