Question

So I have this login php script that I am using and it works fine on one server (returns “success” || “invalid login”) and then this other server it breaks because it returns a line break and then “success” or “invalid login”

My guess is a php.ini setting. I am just not sure which one.

<?php
include("../config.php");
include("../connect.php");

$adminCheck = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM admins WHERE username = '" . mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['username']) . "' AND password = '" .  mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['password']) . "'");
if (mysql_num_rows($adminCheck) == 1)
{
    $result = mysql_fetch_array($adminCheck);
    $_SESSION['user']['level']    = "admin";
    $_SESSION['user']['userid']   = $result['id'];
    $_SESSION['user']['username'] = $result['username'];
    echo "success"; 
}
else
{
    $clientCheck = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM clients WHERE username = '" . mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['username']) . "' AND password = '" .  mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['password']) . "'");
    if (mysql_num_rows($clientCheck) == 1)
    {
        $result = mysql_fetch_array($clientCheck);
        $_SESSION['user']['level']      = "client";
        $_SESSION['user']['userid']     = $result['id'];
        $_SESSION['user']['username']   = $result['username'];
        $_SESSION['user']['client']     = $result['client'];
        echo "success";
    }
    else
    {
        echo "invalid login";   
    }
}
?>

Answer 1

I’d bet you a coke that connect.php or config.php contain a \n (or \r\n) before or after their <?php ?> parts.