Question

I have the following php code below…

if ($username == 'fredk')
{ $fname = 'Fred'; }
else if ($username == 'arbonk')
{ $fname = 'Arbon'; }
else if ($username == 'arsalana')
{ $fname = 'Arsalan'; }
else if ($username == 'minhn')
{ $fname = 'Minh'; }
else if ($username == 'nathanielg')
{ $fname = 'Nathaniel'; }

$msg = "Hi $fname, your login was successfull. <p></p>";

All i want to do is pass the $fname variable onto the next php page. On the same page I also have a form and when the submit button is clicked it goes onto the next page.

Anyone have any ideas??

Answer 1

Look into sessions. They’re used for the exact reason in your example (persistent login credential data + more).

session_start(); // Do this at the very start of your script (on both pages).
$_SESSION['your_key_here'] = 'blah'; // value may be an object as well.

on the next page you can access it:

print_r($_SESSION['your_key_here']);