Unexpected '{' in Session Code!!

[essjay_d12]

I'm trying a login session...

but the following code is producing an error "Parse error: parse error, unexpected '{' " and its the first one the error is pointing at.

[code]
<?php
                    if (isset($_SESSION['username']) {

echo "Welcome";
echo $_SESSION['username'];

}
if (unset($_SESSION['username']) {

echo "Please Sign in";

}
?>[/code]

then there is also the following at the beginning of the page
[code]<?php session_start(); ?>
[/code]

What have I done wrong?

Thanks

[obsidian]

you're missing your closing parenthesis on your if statement:
[code]
// change this:
if (isset($_SESSION['username']) {

// to this:
if (isset($_SESSION['username'])) {
[/code]

btw, you'll get the same error on your second if statement, too.

[essjay_d12]

thanks i changed both now it says ...

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_UNSET

??

[obsidian]

[!--quoteo(post=354873:date=Mar 14 2006, 08:37 AM:name=Essjay_d12)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(Essjay_d12 @ Mar 14 2006, 08:37 AM) [snapback]354873[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--]
thanks i changed both now it says ...

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_UNSET

??
[/quote]

that's because unset() doesn't return any value, and your if statement requires some sort of argument in it. if you're wanting to see if there is a username set and do one or the other, you'd be better off just using an else:
[code]
if (isset($_SESSION['username'])) {
  echo "Welcome, $_SESSION[username]!";
} else {
  echo "Please sign in";
}
[/code]

[redbullmarky]

change this:

[code]
if (unset($_SESSION['username']) {
[/code]

to this

[code]
if (!isset($_SESSION['username'])) {
[/code]



[b]EDIT:[/b] ooops same time post again......in which case, the way obsidian suggested is much better for what you're after anyway

cheers

[essjay_d12]

yeah both worked .....

but now further errors relating to the session at the beginning....

Warning: session_start(): open(/tmp\sess_99a3b92d86e67afe762f29c6b156dfe4, O_RDWR) failed: No such file or directory (2) in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\dvdreviewer\LoginTest.php on line 1

Warning: session_start(): Cannot send session cookie - headers already sent by (output started at C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\dvdreviewer\LoginTest.php:1) in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\dvdreviewer\LoginTest.php on line 1

Warning: session_start(): Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent (output started at C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\dvdreviewer\LoginTest.php:1) in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\dvdreviewer\LoginTest.php on line 1

then it displays it correctly ... saying 'Please Sign in'

then further errors....

Warning: Unknown(): open(/tmp\sess_99a3b92d86e67afe762f29c6b156dfe4, O_RDWR) failed: No such file or directory (2) in Unknown on line 0

Warning: Unknown(): Failed to write session data (files). Please verify that the current setting of session.save_path is correct (/tmp) in Unknown on line 0

[webwiese]

[!--quoteo(post=354879:date=Mar 14 2006, 03:02 PM:name=Essjay_d12)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(Essjay_d12 @ Mar 14 2006, 03:02 PM) [snapback]354879[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--]
yeah both worked .....

but now further errors relating to the session at the beginning....

Warning: session_start(): open(/tmp\sess_99a3b92d86e67afe762f29c6b156dfe4, O_RDWR) failed: No such file or directory (2) in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\dvdreviewer\LoginTest.php on line 1

Warning: session_start(): Cannot send session cookie - headers already sent by (output started at C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\dvdreviewer\LoginTest.php:1) in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\dvdreviewer\LoginTest.php on line 1

Warning: session_start(): Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent (output started at C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\dvdreviewer\LoginTest.php:1) in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\dvdreviewer\LoginTest.php on line 1

then it displays it correctly ... saying 'Please Sign in'

then further errors....

Warning: Unknown(): open(/tmp\sess_99a3b92d86e67afe762f29c6b156dfe4, O_RDWR) failed: No such file or directory (2) in Unknown on line 0

Warning: Unknown(): Failed to write session data (files). Please verify that the current setting of session.save_path is correct (/tmp) in Unknown on line 0
[/quote]


Hi from Germany,

the first error message seems to be php.ini - config problem. you're using windows, the standard php.ini (\tmp) for session dir is no usable under windows. you have do create a directory and add this to your php.ini like

session.save_path = C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\sessions

The second and third error message due to the first error message, this was an output and session_start() must be set before any screen output.

Hope it will work,
webwiese