(HELP) How to display username

It just looks....so complicated. Just make an easier function and use sessions.

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find a esay why to make the script

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Exactly, thank you. Didnt know how to put it.

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Sessions are a hell load to setup... Want easy? use cookies;

And this is a easier way;
$_POST[username]; = $user

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You still have to make something behind that.

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SBP....
No.
$user $name whatever your user is called in the cookies or session.. hence $user
$_POST[username];(what you submit)

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yupe syed75 right first you need to setup the session

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Syed-What SBP is saying is that you did not declare a cookie with the value of $user in your example.
<?
$ex = time() + 3600;
setcookie("username",$user,$ex);
?>

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PasserBy What for??
$_POST[username]; = $user

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Okay, so you make the variable $user have the value of data that is posted.
What if no data is posted?
And on top of that, if $user is just a variable, it will not SAVE the username, or validate if a user is logged in.

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$user name accounts for the user, as in the session or cookie. derp..

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Oh, so you were just to lazy to write $_SESSION[username]/$_COOKIE[username]. :p

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lol

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Oh, you were to lazy to figure something out. Apparently USER does stand for the username.

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I was not too lazy to figure something out--you were simply not being clear because you were to lazy to type something. :P

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Read the second post where I elaborated for SBP.

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That's still kind of fuzzy...You're making it sound like $user or $name is simply the NAME of the session/cookie--not the value.
Meh. Whatever.
The picture as a whole is clear though, and this thread has been resolved.

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i thought session cookie was very simple to learn.

i might be wrong but u tell me

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I wish I got what you guys are talking about -.-

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