Persistent variable

hey, im just using php to validate username and password, now i wish to show the name of the user on the top of all the pages inside the site. How can i do this? Keep in mind that i want to keep everything as much html as possible, thanks.

write your html document as you usally would.
on the space where you want to include the user name do something like this.
(and remember to save your file as php).

You can store the name inside a session variable.

To use session variables, all your (PHP) pages must begin with the session_start() statement. This way, the server will know you are using a session to store such variables.

Once the session is declared, you can store and recall the session variables in a way similar to regular variables.

Here's an example:



So as long as you declare your session_start() at the beginning of each page, your session variables will be available to use.

At log-off, you can use session_destroy() to ensure the session "memory" is erased from the server.