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Destoffe
Destoffe

Reputation: 31

PHP session resets when i refresh page

Hi i'm a noob when it comes to PHP but im making a page where after you login you go to the homepage, but when im at the homepage logged in and refreshes the page i get logged out.

Here the code for my login. ` 

session_start();

require('connect.php');

if (isset($_POST['username']) and isset($_POST['password'])){

     $username = $_POST['username'];

     $password = $_POST['password'];


     $query = "SELECT * FROM `user` WHERE username='$username' and password='$password'"; 

     $result = mysqli_query($connection, $query) or die(mysqli_error($connection));

     $count = mysqli_num_rows($result);

if ($count == 1){

    $_SESSION['username'] = $username;

     header("Location: index.php");

    }else{
        echo "Invalid Login Credentials.";

and the code for my index.php

<?php 
require'connect.php';
session_start();



if (!isset($_SESSION['username'])){
echo" not logged in";


}else {
    echo "logged in";

}   
?>

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1811

Answers (2)

Rahul Shenoy
Rahul Shenoy

Reputation: 757

Looks like a small issues as not much of php code is involved here. Try running this code without

require('connect.php');

If it still doesn't get resolved, I would recommend you to check with the code in connect.php file.

Upvotes: 0

mister martin
mister martin

Reputation: 6252

your login page has:

session_start();
require('connect.php');

whereas your home page has:

require'connect.php';
session_start();

Try to be consistent. From the manual:

"To use cookie-based sessions, session_start() must be called before outputting anything to the browser."

Make sure you're calling session_start() first, in both pages. Make sure you don't have any white space or anything else being outputted first. For example:

correct:

<?php

session_start();

incorrect:

// white space above PHP tag

<?php

session_start();

That should solve your problem.

Upvotes: 2

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