Running query on a second page based upon first pages data

[JiggyPoo]

Hey there,

I'm new to PHP. I'm coming from a VBA/MSaccess background.

what I need help with is:

I have a login page. My user types in his login name and password. This pushes the user to the user's information page. This information page should show customer sepcific data (according to what is in his account info - example: username, account type, etc).

How can I get php to "query" the database for this user's info once the login is completed. It needs to be done automatically.

Any ideas?

 

[sleipnir214]

I can think of two ways.

In either case, I would use an HTTP "Location:..." header to direct the user's browser to the user page.

You could either use session variables or use a URL like "

http://www.thedomain.foo/userpage.php?userid=12345"

in the "Location: " header.

In the first case, the userpage.php script would recall the user's settings based on the session variable. The other by using information passed in a GET-method post. Want the best answers? Ask the best questions:

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TANSTAAFL!

 

[spookie]

yes,
and once u get the userid in the second page u can query database like
"select * from tablename where userid = $userid" ;

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