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php login script

Asked by Steggs in PHP Scripting Language

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Hello,

I have this php login script which checks the username and password in a database... the problem is that it goes straight to the ELSE statement. I think I have set up everything correctly i.e the user details in the database... maybe I am not querying the database correctly, I don't know. How do you debug this kind of thing? Here is the script:

<?php
// Check for required fields from the form
if ((!$_POST[username]) || (!$_POST[password])) {
    header("Location: /somepage.php");
    exit;
}

// Connect to server and select database
$conn = mysql_connect("localhost","#######","########")
or die(mysql_error());
mysql_select_db("arbhleh_clientDB",$conn) or die(mysql_error());

// create and issue the query
$sql = "select clientName from clientDetails where username =
'$_POST[username]' AND password = password('$_POST[password]')";
$result = mysql_query($sql,$conn) or die(mysql_error());

// get the number of rows in the result set; should be 1 if a match
if (mysql_num_rows($result) == 1) {

    // if authorized, get the value of clientName
    $clientName = mysql_result($result, 0, 'clientName');
       
    // set authorization cookie
    setcookie("auth", "1", 0, "/", "my website", 0);
   
    // create display string
    $display_block = "<p>$clientName is authorized!</p>
    <p>Authorized Users' Menu:
    <ul>
    <li><a href=\"secretpage.php\">secret page</a>
    </ul>";
   
} else {

        // redirect back to login form if not authorized
        header("Location: /anotherpage.php");
        exit;
}
?>
<html>

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