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hi everyone! I am wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction regarding cookies and sessions. What I need to know is this;
I am developing a website that has mixed html and php pages. I am wanting to have "members" where certain web pages are accessible to them. this is not the problem.
the problem comes when I have a member that is logged in - they are great to surf through ANY of the accessible web pages within the site, however, if they want to visit
an html web page within the site..how can i ensure they are still logged in once they again click on an accessible php page without having to re-log back in? If anyone can point me to a great article or tutorial about how to pull this off, i would be so grateful! I have not been webbing long - but long enough to grasp medium techniques.

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The server will store "session cookies" and check against that. It doesn't matter if you do from accessible to limited access pages. Every page should have a 

session_start();

usually at the top of the page before any other output. Then if it's a limited access page...

session_start();
if(!isset($_SESSION['login'])){
    header("http://www.example.com/home");
    exit;
}

Instead of doing thins every single time in your limited pages, I'd use an include file...

includes/limited.php

    if(!isset($_SESSION['login'])){
        header("http://www.example.com/home");
        exit;
    }

your limited pages

session_start();
require "includes/limited.php";
//rest of page
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