I need to select customer column my database and then insert this into a session so i can use it in the other pages of my site but nothing im doing seems to work, any ideas
<?php
session_start();
include("Connections/database.php");
?>
<?php
/**
* Checks whether or not the given username is in the
* database, if so it checks if the given password is
* the same password in the database for that user.
* If the user doesn't exist or if the passwords don't
* match up, it returns an error code (1 or 2).
* On success it returns 0.
*/
// Make a MySQL Connection
function confirmUser($username, $password){
global $conn;
/* Add slashes if necessary (for query) */
if(!get_magic_quotes_gpc()) {
$username = addslashes($username);
}
/* Verify that user is in database */
$q = "select password from customer where username = '$username'";
$result = mysql_query($q,$conn);
if(!$result || (mysql_numrows($result) < 1)){
return 1; //Indicates username failure
}
/* Retrieve password from result, strip slashes */
$dbarray = mysql_fetch_array($result);
$dbarray['password'] = stripslashes($dbarray['password']);
$password = stripslashes($password);
/* Validate that password is correct */
if($password == $dbarray['password']){
return 0; //Success! Username and password confirmed
}
else{
return 2; //Indicates password failure
}
}
/**
* checkLogin - Checks if the user has already previously
* logged in, and a session with the user has already been
* established. Also checks to see if user has been remembered.
* If so, the database is queried to make sure of the user's
* authenticity. Returns true if the user has logged in.
*/
function checkLogin(){
/* Check if user has been remembered */
if(isset($_COOKIE['cookname']) && isset($_COOKIE['cookpass'])){
$_SESSION['username'] = $_COOKIE['cookname'];
$_SESSION['password'] = $_COOKIE['cookpass'];
}
/* Username and password have been set */
if(isset($_SESSION['username']) && isset($_SESSION['password'])){
/* Confirm that username and password are valid */
if(confirmUser($_SESSION['username'], $_SESSION['password']) != 0){
/* Variables are incorrect, user not logged in */
unset($_SESSION['username']);
unset($_SESSION['password']);
return false;
}
return true;
}
/* User not logged in */
else{
return false;
}
}
/**
* Determines whether or not to display the login
* form or to show the user that he is logged in
* based on if the session variables are set.
*/
function displayLogin(){
global $logged_in;
if($logged_in){
echo "<table class='logged_in'><tr><td>Welcome <strong>$_SESSION[username]</strong>, you are now logged in</td></tr><tr><td>Click here to <a href=\"logout.php\">Logout</a></td></tr></table>";
}
else{
?>
<form action="" method="post">
<table class="login">
<tr><td colspan="5"><label><a href="register.php">Register </a>or log in:</label></td></tr>
<tr><td><label>Username</label></td><td><input type="text" name="user" maxlength="30"></td><td><label>Password</label></td><td><input type="password" name="pass" maxlength="32"></td><td><button name="sublogin" type="submit"></button></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="5"><label>Keep me logged on </label><input type="checkbox" class="checkbox" name="remember"></td></tr>
</table>
</form>
<?php
/**
* Checks to see if the user has submitted his
* username and password through the login form,
* if so, checks authenticity in database and
* creates session.
*/
if(isset($_POST['sublogin'])){
$_POST['user'] = trim($_POST['user']);
/* Checks that username is in database and password is correct */
$md5pass = md5($_POST['pass']);
$result = confirmUser($_POST['user'], $md5pass);
/* Check that all fields were typed in */
if(!$_POST['user'] || !$_POST['pass']){
echo "<p class='error'>Ooops! You missed a field</p>";
}
elseif(strlen($_POST['user']) > 30){
echo "<p class='error'>Username or Password is too long!</p>";
}
/* Check error codes */
elseif($result == 1){
echo "<p class='error'>Username doesn't exist!</p>";
}
elseif($result == 2){
echo "<p class='error'>Password doesn't exist!</p>";
}
else{
/* Username and password correct, register session variables */
$_POST['user'] = stripslashes($_POST['user']);
$_SESSION['username'] = $_POST['user'];
$_SESSION['password'] = $md5pass;
$_SESSION['customer'] = "test";
/**
* This is the cool part: the user has requested that we remember that
* he's logged in, so we set two cookies. One to hold his username,
* and one to hold his md5 encrypted password. We set them both to
* expire in 100 days. Now, next time he comes to our site, we will
* log him in automatically.
*/
if(isset($_POST['remember'])){
setcookie("cookname", $_SESSION['username'], time()+60*60*24*100, "/");
setcookie("cookpass", $_SESSION['password'], time()+60*60*24*100, "/");
setcookie("cookcust", $_SESSION['customer'], time()+60*60*24*100, "/");
}
/* Quick self-redirect to avoid resending data on refresh */
echo "<meta http-equiv=\"Refresh\" content=\"0;url=$HTTP_SERVER_VARS[PHP_SELF]\">";
return;
}
}
/* Sets the value of the logged_in variable, which can be used in your code */
}
}
$logged_in = checkLogin();
?>
