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Karem
Karem

Reputation: 18103

PHP: keeping the username in field

How do i do if i want to keep the username in the field if the users entered incorrect password, so the person doesnt need to retype the username? Should i use sessions for this?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 220

Answers (5)

Luke
Luke

Reputation: 3353

Yes if you are not posting to the same page but to a php handeling script you would need to use a session variable like $_SESSION['sticky']['username'] = $_POST['username'], then on the page that you return to 

<input type="text" value="<?php if isset($_SESSION['sticky']['username']) echo $_SESSION['sticky']['username'] ?>" name="username" />

Upvotes: 0

&#193;lvaro Gonz&#225;lez
&#193;lvaro Gonz&#225;lez

Reputation: 146460

Just print it:

<input name="username" type="text" value="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($_POST['username']) ?>">

Upvotes: 0

Felix Kling
Felix Kling

Reputation: 816462

Just pass the value to the field:

<input name="uid" value="<?php echo (isset($_POST['uid'])) ? $_POST['uid'] : ''?>" />

Never forget to sanitize user input first! (not like in my example but it should give you the right idea).

But be careful with error messages. Don't say that the password is wrong. Say that the password or username is wrong. You don't want to let anyone know that a certain username is register in your system (at least not by trying to login).

Upvotes: 2

user395702
user395702

Reputation: 106

try this one

use the session variable

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


<input type="text" name="username" value="<?php echo $_SESSION['username']; ?>" />

Upvotes: 0

Johan Olsson
Johan Olsson

Reputation: 715

Make sure $_POST['username'] data is not harmful first.

<input name="username" type="text" value="<?php echo $_POST['username'] ?>" />

Upvotes: 0

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