login system with sessions

Question

hello,

i have created a login system with sessions in php,when used header to redirect to a particular page after checking username and password, it shows the following in firebug response "Failed to load source for: http://localhost/emp_tracker/main/edit_new.php" ,but it redirects in local system instead in server when i host it does not redirect.Is there any way to redirect other than header('Location:'.$filename);

Code: <?php session_start(); include("db_connect.php"); $filename="edit-grid.php"; $myusername = mysql_real_escape_string($_REQUEST['myusername']); $encrypted_mypassword = mysql_real_escape_string(crypt($_REQUEST['mypassword'], 'ctk')); $check_query=mysql_query ("select * from login where u_name='$myusername' and password='$encrypted_mypassword'"); $session_value=mysql_fetch_array($check_query); $count=mysql_num_rows($check_query); $session_name=$session_value['u_name']; if($count==1){$_SESSION['session_name']=$session_name; header('Location:'.$filename); } ?>

Answer 1

Hi Mayuri

what is the value of $filename in

header('Location:'.$filename)

Your redirects should work if the $filename is a relative path from the current page

eg: This would work all the time

$filename = './index.php' //relative path
header('Location:'.$filename) 

While this would only work on your local server

$filename = 'http://localhost/emp_tracker/main/edit_new.php'
header('Location:'.$filename)

EDIT: I see in your code you added to your post $filename is 'edit-grid.php' have you tried using './edit-grid.php' as the filename?

Hope it helps

Answer 2

You should use an absolute URL in your header() call.

Answer 3

Can you clarify this bit please?

"but it redirects in local system instead in server when i host it does not redirect"