Dear kloplop321,
I really want to make a php, mysql based game. I have an idea about how I am going to do it. I would just really love some help with the SESSION login. There are tutorials on the internet but I find that they don’t show the full code or stuff like that. So if you would please create a tutorial on it I would apprecitate it. Thanks.

This tutorial naturally has the sources provided.

The following videos(2) go over the concept of a login system in PHP while using sessions(to maintain the login status) and MySQL(a database that holds the information). I first go over how to make

• the login page
• the table in the database
• a user through PHPMyAdmin _{[the next tutorial will likely go over registering users]}
• code how to validate that user and if they are validated
• if so, set the session information
• if acceptable, they can go to a “members only” page _{[which only allows identified people in]}
• a way to log out

Again: this tutorial is pretty much a walk-through in concept of a mysql login system.

Part 2 (the most important) and the sources after the jump.

And now the sources.
include.php


<?php
session_start();//start the session
//now to do the MySQL connection.
$link = mysql_connect('localhost', 'phpuser', 'phppass');
if (!$link) {
    die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}
//WE NEED to select the database!
mysql_select_db("tutorials_login");

index.php


<?php
include("include.php");
//see if the person is trying to log in now..
if(isset($_REQUEST['sub'])){
    $username = trim($_REQUEST['username']);
    $password = trim($_REQUEST['password']);
    //make it safe to see if in the table
    $username = mysql_real_escape_string($username);
    $password = md5($password);
    //time to query
    $sql = "SELECT * FROM `users` WHERE username = '$username' AND password = '$password'";
    $result = mysql_query($sql);
    $exists = false;
    $userid = -1;
    while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)){
        $exists = true;
        $userid = (int)$row[0];
        break;//get out of the while loop
    }
    if($exists){
        $_SESSION['isin'] = 1;
        $_SESSION['userid'] = $userid;
    }else{
        echo "You got something wrong, try again<br />\n";
        //echo $sql;
    }
}//chopsuey


logout.php


<?php
session_start();
session_destroy();
header("location: index.php");
?>



membersonly.php


<?php
include("include.php");
if($_SESSION['isin'] == 1){
    echo "Hey there ";
    $sql = "SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = ".$_SESSION['userid'];
    $result = mysql_query($sql);
    $info = null;
    while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)){
        $info = $row;
    }
    echo $info['username'];//hey there pickles
    echo " Would you like to <a href=\"index.php\">go back</a>? ";
    
}else{
    //you don't belong here, kick back to the index
    header("location: index.php");
}
?>

Also a tid bit of information: I did this in Linux, and I recorded it in 1080p HD!