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List:       php-windows
Subject:    [PHP-WIN] Sessions any use for this???
From:       Trystano () aol ! com
Date:       2003-03-31 12:37:39
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Hi, all, i'm relatively new to PHP, but am creating a website that has a 
login screen as the first page within a website, and once a user has 
authenticated themselves gain access to the remainder of the website to 
perform actions specific to their details. (e.g. i'm creating an online 
dental surgery for registered patients, and when each patient has been 
authenticated on the website they can create an appointment, or update an 
appointment relating to themselves)

Once the login page has been loaded, should I start a session depending on 
the success of the login. e.g. register a session variable (the websites 
user's ID that has been extracted from the users table) if the login was 
successful, or destroy the session if unsuccessful? 

If login is successful, should I then use this session variable (patients id) 
with query strings to make actions to the database, such as create an 
appointment etc?

Is this an efficient way of going about this method of carrying out actions 
specific to authenticated users?? Or is there a better way?

Your help is much appreciated.

Tryst


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