Hi I am new to the forums but joined so i can get more experience and such. So I have a question about a login system with profiles. Right now i have a nice registering system. I also have this on each page

<?php session_start(); 
                if($_SESSION['logged'] == 1){
                include(&quot;nav1.php&quot;);
                }
                else{
                include(&quot;nav.php&quot;);
                }
                ?>

for the navigation bar changing. How would i go about doing it so that when users logged in they would see a profile button at the top where they can edit their own profile. Right now every button is the same for each logged in user. for example. user logs in and they see a logout button but no individual button that is unique to their account. I am not asking for you to do it for me just a push in the right direction. thanks

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You can add a link that says Profile or similar, and a page "profile.php" to which you send the users ID, as in "profile.php?id=xyz". On that page, retrieve the users relevant information and display it.

You can then add another page for changing that information, perhaps "updateprofile.php?id=xyz", with a form with fields for the information that can be changed. Of course, a user should only be allowed to edit their own profile, so you should keep track of the user ID or username with a session variable.

Originally Posted by chrisx17x2008

Hi I am new to the forums but joined so i can get more experience and such. So I have a question about a login system with profiles. Right now i have a nice registering system. I also have this on each page

<?php session_start(); 
                if($_SESSION['logged'] == 1){
                include(&quot;nav1.php&quot;);
                }
                else{
                include(&quot;nav.php&quot;);
                }
                ?>

for the navigation bar changing. How would i go about doing it so that when users logged in they would see a profile button at the top where they can edit their own profile. Right now every button is the same for each logged in user. for example. user logs in and they see a logout button but no individual button that is unique to their account. I am not asking for you to do it for me just a push in the right direction. thanks

Once a user has logged in I normally store their username in a cookie. Then check to see if the cookie is set. If it is set output the profile button.
Lizciz is right saying use a profile.php?id=xyz. So have them click on that link, display the profile page. You can check the cookie again to make sure that their username is the same one attached to the ID in the database. Then print out a form they can edit rather than their profile page they cant edit.

Originally Posted by lizciz

You can add a link that says Profile or similar, and a page "profile.php" to which you send the users ID, as in "profile.php?id=xyz". On that page, retrieve the users relevant information and display it.

You can then add another page for changing that information, perhaps "updateprofile.php?id=xyz", with a form with fields for the information that can be changed. Of course, a user should only be allowed to edit their own profile, so you should keep track of the user ID or username with a session variable.

why can you give a script as a sample on how to do that??? it will be help full rather thans explaning it

I'm not sure how secure this would be as someone who know's or tries out some file names can just type in nav1.php, unless you cross checked again in nav and nav1...

I have a similar nav system on my site, when logged in you get a different menu but I keep them both on the same file...

On top of each file I verify their credentials and define a logged in variable like so

PHP Code:


//_check_login.php

//Default = Not Logged In
$logged_in = FALSE;

//Check if They Are Logged In
if (isset($_COOKIE['login_var'])) {
//Check credentials
if ($_COOKIES['login_var']=='whatever') $logged_in = TRUE;
} 


so an example of my index.php

PHP Code:


require('check_login.php');

include('nav.php'); 


and my nav would be like such

PHP Code:

//nav.php

if ($logged_in) echo 'SECURE MENU';
else echo 'GUEST MENU'; 


and now that its defined you can pull out $logged_in anywhere in your site

hope this is what you're looking for...

Originally Posted by chrisx17x2008

Hi I am new to the forums but joined so i can get more experience and such. So I have a question about a login system with profiles. Right now i have a nice registering system. I also have this on each page

<?php session_start(); 
                if($_SESSION['logged'] == 1){
                include(&quot;nav1.php&quot;);
                }
                else{
                include(&quot;nav.php&quot;);
                }
                ?>

for the navigation bar changing. How would i go about doing it so that when users logged in they would see a profile button at the top where they can edit their own profile. Right now every button is the same for each logged in user. for example. user logs in and they see a logout button but no individual button that is unique to their account. I am not asking for you to do it for me just a push in the right direction. thanks