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    copied!<p>I have a login.php file:</p> <pre><code>&lt;?php session_start(); include('db.php'); if(isset($_POST['email']) &amp;&amp; !empty($_POST['email']) AND isset($_POST['password']) &amp;&amp; !empty($_POST['password'])){ $email = mysql_escape_string($_POST['email']); $password = mysql_escape_string($_POST['password']); $search = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE email='".$email."' AND password='".$password."' AND active='1'") or die(mysql_error()); $match = mysql_num_rows($search); if($match &gt; 0){ $row = mysql_fetch_assoc($search); $user=$row['forename'].' '.$row['surname']; $_SESSION['username']=$user; //$msg = 'Login Complete! Thanks, '.$user.'!'; header( 'Location: page1.php' ) ; die; }else{ $msg = 'Login Failed!&lt;br /&gt; Please make sure that you enter the correct details and that you have activated your account.'; } } ?&gt; </code></pre> <p>Now, when I load page1.php I have issues. The file contains this...</p> <pre><code>&lt;?php session_start(); include('db.php'); if(isset($_SESSION['username'])){ echo 'Success, '.$_SESSION['username'].'!'; }else{ echo 'No dice!'; //header( 'Location: login.php' ) ; } ?&gt; </code></pre> <p>I ideally want it to redirect to login if there isn't a username stored. If there is, I want to allow them to view. However, I am getting "No dice!" every time, so it looks like I am not retrieving (or storing) the data correctly. What am I doing wrong?</p> <hr> <p>To be clear, the <code>else</code> shouldn't be firing as it should be referring to session data set in index.php. The redirection is not a problem.</p> <hr> <p>The problem was specific to my host who had a strange setup. On contacting them, they provided me the correct path information which I had to use <code>session_save_path</code> to set. Awarded the right answer on this basis.</p>
 

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