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PHP code breaks CSS styling of forms

When I include the following php code at the top of my web page or call it from an external file it messes up the formatting of forms. All other css elements remain in tact. The text on my forms become extra large and input boxes stretch across the page. What's up? The php code is as follows:

<?php
if(isset($_SESSION['username']) && $_SESSION['username']!="")
{
echo("<a href='logout.php'>Logout</a> ");
echo($_SESSION['username']);// displays username
}
else
{
echo("<a href='login.php'>Login</a> ");
}
?>

Thanks!

Mikkk

Try with this: separate the isset from the comparison in order to not to get a warning also if the object is not set

<?php
if(isset($_SESSION['username']))
{
if ($_SESSION['username']!="")
{
echo("<a href='logout.php'>Logout</a> ");
echo($_SESSION['username']);// displays username
}
else
{
echo("<a href='login.php'>Login</a> ");
}
}
else
{
echo("<a href='login.php'>Login</a> ");
}
?>

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Roonaan

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geist62

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Thanks for the quick responses. I'll try these solutions out and post my findings latte today.

Regards!

orbic1

Hi,

You have some brackets that you don't need!

echo("<a href='logout.php'>Logout</a> ");
echo($_SESSION['username']);// displays username

should be:

echo "<a href='logout.php'>Logout</a>";
echo $_SESSION['username']; // displays username

KhoiNqq

I needs the rest of page to analyze your case, may be some ' or " breaks your page.

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Mikkk

I'm pretty sure that the problem is this line
if ((isset($_SESSION['username'])) && ($_SESSION['username'] != ""))

Because here, php core, check both variables, and if $_SESSION['username'] is not set, it maybe echos a warning
because of this, i suggest to transform it, for example to:
if(isset($_SESSION['username']))
{
if ($_SESSION['username']!="")
{
...

KhoiNqq

@Mikkk: && is a short circuit AND logic, so if the first condition no satify, it not check the second condition, that condition can be translate: if $_SESSION['username'] is set then if $_SESSION['username'] is not blank then do the following

nplib

can you post the result of your script. What the client see's?

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geist62

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Thanks folks! Does this make sense: I placed the php script in the header section of my web page and that stopped the formatiing of my form from getting messed up. As mentioned the php code shouldn't have any impact on the CSS.

I tried the suggestion on chaning the php code (removing the brackets, etc.), but this had no effect. It just seems odd that this simple piece of PHP code would change my CSS.

Regards!

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