Question

I am not sure why the variable username is not being returned in the session. When the user logs in, I start the session:

$username = trim($_POST['username']);
if(!isset($_SESSION)){ session_start(); }
$_SESSION[$this->GetLoginSessionVar()] = $username;

On the user’s welcome page, when I run the echo command, I see the proper variable being returned. But I’m not sure why the return statement isn’t working. I have the following in my PHP file:

function UserName()
{

    return  isset($_SESSION['name_of_user']) ? $_SESSION['name_of_user'] : "Unknown User" ;
    //echo $_SESSION['name_of_user'];
}

In my html, I have:

Welcome back <?PHP $fgmembersite->UserName(); ?>!

I also checked the session ID, and it’s also being generated properly.
Can you please help me understand what I’m doing wrong?

Answer 1

Is fgmembersite an object and have it the function called UserName ?

If yes, you simply miss an echo

<?PHP echo $fgmembersite->UserName(); ?>