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Asked: 2026-05-27T04:42:36+00:00

This is my first page, which would be my login page. The user types

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This is my first page, which would be my login page. The user types in their username, hits login, and then the broswer should take them to login.php Index.html

<html>
<head>
<title>Login</title>
</head>
<body >

<br><br><br><br><h2 align=center>Quiz Taker</h2>
<br><br><br>
<p align=center></p>

<br>
    <form method="post" action="login.php">
        <table class="login" cellpadding=10 cellspacing=0 align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" border="3">
        <tr>
            <td>
            <input type="radio" name="userType" value="Student"/> Student
            <input type="radio" name="userType" value="Teacher"/> Teacher
             <td>
             Username:</td><td><input type="text" name="username" size=10>
             </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
             <td colspan=2 align="center">
             <input type="submit" name="submit" value="  Log In  ">
             </td>
        </tr>
    </table>
    </form>


</body>
</html>

When the user hits submit it will go to login.php which looks like this: 

<?php

include_once("DatabaseConnection.php");

$stmt=$DBH->prepare("SELECT * FROM QuizUser where Name=?")
$stmt->bindValue(1, $_POST['username']);
$stmt->execute();
if ($row=$stmt->fetch())
    {
        $ID=$row['ID'];
    }
    else
    {

        $stmt=$DBH->prepare("INSERT INTO QuizUser(Name) VALUES(?)")
        $stmt->bindValue(1, $_POST['username']);
        $stmt->execute();
        $ID=$DBH->lastInsertId();
    }
    $_SESSION['userID']= $ID;
    $_SESSION['userName']= $_POST['username'];
    $_SESSION['userType']=$_POST['userType'];

    if($_POST['userType'] == "Student")
    {
        header($string["Location:student.php"]);
    }
    else 
    {
        header($string["Location:teacher.php"]);    
    }

    ?>

Which is not working and I cannot figure out why. It just pops up a parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in ….myfile…. at line whever the first time I try and use the $_POST variable. By the way, I am starting my session in the DataBaseConnection.php that is imported at the top of login.php.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Your header functions are written incorrectly.

    header($string["Location:student.php"]);

    should be

    header("Location: student.php");

    Likewise,

    header($string["Location:teacher.php"]);

    should be

    header("Location: teacher.php");
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