When a member logs into a membership website, is this the code that shows your name on display when your logged in?

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For example: login in : Tom password: ***

Welcome Back Tom!

I'm confused over a real world situation using conditionals in PHP. Help!

Answer 1 · 2015-10-19T15:32:36Z

October 19, 2015 3:32pm

There could be many elements that have to be figured out to really answer your questions and without a full understanding of the login system we probably cannot help you with the actual code. But this is how I would approach it on an abstract level.

Start with $user = null;

If the user logs in, then $user = $userName;. You would use the actual variable holding the user name.

Then:

<?php
if ($user != null) {
    echo "Hello, $user.";
} else {
    echo "Hello, guest.";
}

Answer 2 · 2015-10-21T10:00:48Z

October 21, 2015 10:00am

I would recommend looking into PHP sessions.

http://php.net/manual/en/intro.session.php

You can either store session information via URL or by saving cookies to the users computer that will remember global values across your website untill cookies are deleted or you destroy/unset the session.

Don't forget to have a cookie consent on your website because of EU laws, if you go down the cookie route :)

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When a member logs into a membership website, is this the code that shows your name on display when your logged in?

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