Re: Need help: PHP4 not parsing authentication

Wow, I was cracking my head last time figuring out the problem.
This what happend, back in 2002 I was fooling around with php3 wiht all those code from php and mysql books, well they did parse perfectly.
Now fast forward to 2005 WITHOUT TOUCHING PHP for 3 years, I got into this problem. WHAT A FITFALL!!!, Yes because I dont program much for a living.


Kim André Akerø wrote: 
passat91@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:


Could somebody tell me.
I installed php4 successfully, but when I do run some script like the
following:  <?
 if(!isset($name)&&!isset($password))
 {
   //Visitor needs to enter a name and password
?>
   <h1>Please Log In</h1>
   This page is secret.
   <form method = post action = "secret.php">
   <table border = 1>
   <tr>
     <th> Username </th>
     <td> <input type = text name = name> </td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <th> Password </th>
     <td> <input type = password name = password> </td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td colspan =2 align = center>
       <input type = submit value = "Log In">
     </td>
   </tr>
   </form>
<?
 }
 else if($name=="user"&&$password=="pass")
 {
   // visitor's name and password combination are correct
   echo "<h1>Here it is!</h1>";
   echo "I bet you are glad you can see this secret page.";
 }
 else
 {
   // visitor's name and password combination are not correct
   echo "<h1>Go Away!</h1>";
   echo "You are not authorized to view this resource.";
 }
?>


It can only parse  the html login but it doesn't authenticate the
username and password I entered. Im getting no ouput but only the
html login form.  What the heck Im missing???



Most likely, register_globals is set to "off" in the global php.ini
settings.

I'd suggest using $_REQUEST["name"] instead of $name, and
$_REQUEST["password"] instead of $password in the above code example.

.

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