function login($username, $password) { //returning user id error was you were returning the true or false $userid = user_id_username($username); $username = sanitize($username); $password = sha1($password); $query = "SELECT COUNT(`user_id`) FROM `lr` WHERE `username` = '{$username}' AND`password`='{$password}'"; $run_query = mysql_query($query); if (mysql_result($run_query, 0) == 1) { return $userid; } else { echo mysql_error(); return false; } }
<?php include 'core/init.php'; include 'includes/overall/header.php'; if ($_GET['username'] === true && empty($_GET['username']) === false) { $username = $_GET['username']; if (user_exists($username) === true) { $user_id = user_id_username($username); $user_data[] = user_data($user_id, 'firstname', 'lastname', 'email'); } } else { //echo "hey chud lo"; header('location:index.php'); exit; } ?> <td valign="top"> <h3>Name:- </h3><?php echo $user_data['firstname'] . " " . $user_data['lastname']; ?> </td> <?php include 'includes/aside.php'; include 'includes/overall/footer.php'; ?>