SESSIONS

[spearchilduser]

Im makigna simple login system for a sight but i only want them to have to login if they want to go to the shopping cart i have t implement a session_start() on every page before the cart page so the home page products page etc etc and then on the cart page ive a simple function that checks if their logged in if not then it will direct them to the login page if they are they should just continue is this the correct way to do it ?

 

thanx

[AyKay47]

Perhaps if you could explain your logic more in detail. What exactly are you planning to store in sessions to check if the user is logged in? Remember, sessions can expire after a certain timeframe if you do not have your settings set correctly.

[spearchilduser]

i was just looking to store if the user has logged in or not

[trq]

That would be as simple as....

 

// authenticate the user
if ($authenticated) {
  $_SESSION['loggin-in'] = true;
}

 

Then to check to see if they are logged in.

 

if (isset($_SESSION['logged-in'])) {
  // do whatever
}