please help me....
i want a error message "invalid user name or password" when i input wrong username or password in the login page. i can do it in an another page .but i need the error message in the same loginpage like gmail(between username and password).


this is my main login page.php

<html>
    <head>
      <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
      <meta http-equiv="Expires" content="Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:01 GMT" />
      <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" />
      <meta http-equiv="Content-Script-Type" content="text/javascript" />
      <meta name="description" content="TBCNA" />
      <title>ContractManagement_1 - Main_Login</title>
	  
      <script>
	  function closeMe()
	  {
	  var win=window.open("","_self");
	  win.close();
	  }
	  </script>
     <script>
     function redirectPage()
     {
       window.location = "login_help.php";
     }
</script>
    </head>
    <body>
      <div id="s-9395579f-8d99-4532-9aba-597c3123fb3f">
        <input id="screenName" type="hidden" value="Main_Login" />
        <input id="canvases" type="hidden" value="s-9395579f-8d99-4532-9aba-597c3123fb3f?t-54111db7-a054-4a0b-a1aa-0177946a18ee" />
        <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="/brando/css/screens/Main_Login.css" charset="UTF-8" />
        <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="/brando/css/templates/Template 1.css" charset="UTF-8" />
      <!--[if IE]>
        <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="/brando/css/screens/Main_Login-ie.css" charset="UTF-8" />
        <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="/brando/css/templates/Template 1-ie.css" charset="UTF-8" />
      <![endif]-->
        <div class="t-54111db7-a054-4a0b-a1aa-0177946a18ee template trigger commentable">
        </div>
        <div class="s-9395579f-8d99-4532-9aba-597c3123fb3f screen trigger commentable">
          <div id="s-Group_2">
            <div id="s-Rectangle_1" class="rectangle trigger commentable" ></div>
            <div id="s-Rectangle_2" class="rectangle trigger commentable" ></div>
            <img id="s-Image_1" class="image trigger commentable"   alt="image" src="/brando/images/0- stratechon clear logo-01.png" />
            <div id="s-Line_1" class="line trigger commentable" ></div>
            <div id="s-Line_2" class="line trigger commentable" ></div>
            <div id="s-Label_1" class="label trigger commentable" >Enterprise Management Tool</div>
            <div id="s-Label_4" class="label trigger commentable" >Copyright © Stratechon, Inc. 2010</div>
           <form name="frm" method="post" action="check_user.php">
           <input id="txtusername" class="input trigger commentable" type="text" maxlength="100" name="txtusername"  />
            <input id="txtpassword" class="input trigger commentable" type="password" maxlength="100" name="txtpassword"  />
            <div id="s-Label_5" class="label trigger commentable" >Login Name:</div>
            <div id="s-Label_6" class="label trigger commentable" >Password:</div>
            <div id="s-Button_1" class="label trigger commentable"><input type="submit" name="sub" value="Log in"></div>
			</form>

            <div id="s-Button_2" class="label trigger commentable"><input type="button" value="Close" onclick="closeMe()"></div>
			<div id="s-Button_3" class="label trigger commentable"><input type="button" value="Help" onclick="redirectPage()"></div>
            <div id="s-Label_8" class="label trigger commentable" >Version 1.0.2</div>
            <div id="s-Group_1">
              <div id="s-Label_2" class="label trigger commentable" >BRANDO</div>
              <div id="s-Label_3" class="label trigger commentable" >international</div>
            </div>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
    </body>
  </html>

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this is my logincheck.php

<?php
    include("config.php");
    $failded_waiting_time = 300;
	if(!isset($_SESSION['login_counter'])) 
	$_SESSION['login_counter']=0;
	if($_SESSION['login_counter']  = 3) 
	{
      $period = time()-$_SESSION['failed_login'];
	  if($period < 500) 
	  {
        header("location:Main_Login.php");                 
      }
      $_SESSION['failed_login'] = time(); 
    }
      if(isset($_POST['sub']))
      {
      $myusername=$_POST['txtusername'];
      $mypassword=$_POST['txtpassword'];
      }
      $myusername = stripslashes($myusername);
      $mypassword = stripslashes($mypassword);
      $myusername = mysql_real_escape_string($myusername);
      $mypassword = mysql_real_escape_string($mypassword);
	  
      $sql="SELECT * FROM $tbl_name WHERE MUSE_NAME='$myusername' and MUSE_PWD='$mypassword'";
      $result=mysql_query($sql);
      $count=mysql_num_rows($result);
	  
      if($count==1)
      {
      if(!isset($_SESSION['txtusername']))
      {           
	       session_register("txtusername");
           session_register("txtpassword");       
           $_SESSION['txtusername']="$myusername";
           header("location:Main_Dashboard.php");
      }
       else
       {
          $_SESSION['login_counter']=$_SESSION['login_counter']+1;
          // register the 3 failed acces time
          if($_SESSION['login_counter']  == 3) 
		  {
                $_SESSION['failed_login'] = time();
				header("location: Main_Login.php");
          }
       }
	  }
	  else
	  {
	  header("location: Main_Login.php");
	  }
?>

Please help me ...

Hello the solution i have used before is :
to create a SESSION variable 'error'
on logincheck.php set this variable to desired string value if anything is incorrect.
else 'unset' this variable

and in main login page, below the submit button insert something like this

if(isset($_SESSION['error'])) { echo '
	<div id="error">'.$_SESSION['error'].'</div>';
	unset($_SESSION['error']);
}

Vinayak

Thanks vinayak...
its working...

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