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PHP : Redirect user back to LoggedIn page after logging in

  • php
  • session
  • redirect
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Ng WJ
  • Post By Ng WJ
  • 4 years ago

I have problem coding for SESSION approach using in index.php (login page) 

to redirect user into 
output.php (Dashboard page) after logging in.

For example, 
After logging in, User accidentally close browser while in output.php url and forgot output.php url.
User open up index.php url and it redirect user back to output.php url.

However,  my code for 
deny access to the user 
and
redirected to login page when they haven't sign up when typed index.php (login page) url works just fine.

The recording was taught the COOKIE approach instead of SESSION approach.

Although it is not in the assignment requirement to redirect to output.php even after logging in, as it only require to redirect user back to index.php if they attempt to reach output.php without logging in, I like to know more using the SESSION approach.


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Ng WJ
4 years ago

Thanks for guidance, posting my code as an example.

So we reuse isSubmit below like that after setting to true upon button submit. 
       $_SESSION["isSubmit"] = true;

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Ng WJ
4 years ago

session_start();
if (isset($_SESSION['isSubmit'])) { # Check if user has already submit form, and redirect back to output.php if already logged in
    header("Location: " . SITE_URL . "output.php");
    exit();
}

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Manfred Lim
4 years ago

Hi Victor,

Can you show me what your code is like in screenshot or in text so I can further assist from there?

Session is exactly the same concept as cookies. Just that you have to remember to start_session(); before doing it. And once browser is closed session is always cleared. So if once the user close the browser, they should end up back to login page if they go back to the webpage.