PHP Help, not recognizing the different users - php

Question

I have little knowledge with PHP and I was assigned to try to fix some of the things that don't work in a website. The website basically deals with two different users, a trader who can post articles and a blogger who can post blogs. When a user registers to become a trader and tries to submit an article,the page just redirects to base_url.user/blogger/ instead of base_url.user/trader/. I think this is because it isn't recognizing the user as a trader. Can you please look at the codes? If you have any ideas as to why it wouldn't work I'm open to ideas
<?php if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
/**
* Index Page for this controller.
*
* Since this controller is set as the default controller in
* config/routes.php, it's displayed
*
*
* File Controller; location: application/controllers/admin.php
* Author : Pradeep
* Date : Sunday Feb 5th, 2012
**/
class Register extends CI_Controller {
private $user;
private $logData;
function _Register()
{
parent::controller();
$this->config->load('constants.php');
}
public function blogger()
{
//-------------------------SENDING ERROR MESSAGE FOR LOGIN-------------------
$data['captchaError'] = '';
$data['captcha'] = $this->getCaptcha();
$data['pageTitle']='Registration | Blogger';
$this->load->view('register-blogger',$data);
}
public function trader()
{
$data['captchaError'] = '';
$data['captcha'] = $this->getCaptcha();
$data['pageTitle']='Registration | Trader';
$this->load->view('register-trader',$data);
}
public function activate()
{
$data['pageTitle']='Registration | Succesfully registered';
$this->load->view('register-success',$data);
}
public function process()
{
$date = date('Y-m-d');
$userid = uniqid();
$captchaError = '';
if($this->input->post('Submit'))
{
//---------------------------------FORM VALIDATION STARTS HERE---------------------------------
$this->form_validation->set_error_delimiters('', '');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('fname', 'Full name','required');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('email', 'Email', 'required|valid_email|is_unique[tbl_user.email]');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('password', 'password', 'trim|required|min_length[6]|matches[cpassword]');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('cpassword', 'Password confirmation', 'required');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('mycheck[]', 'Buyer or Supplier','required');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('material[]', 'materials','required');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('company', 'Company name', 'required');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('cname', 'Contact name','required');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('cemail', 'Contact email', 'required|valid_email');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('nation', 'Country', 'required');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('city', 'City','required');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('fax');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('mobile');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('phone');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('website');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('address');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('zip');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('content', 'Tell something about urself', 'required');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('captchaText', 'captcha text', 'required');
//-----------------------------------FORM VALIDATION ENDS HERE--------------------------------------
//------------------------------------CAPTCHA CHECK------------------------------------------
if($this->input->post('captchaText'))
{
$expiration = time()-7200; // Two hour limit
$this->db->query("DELETE FROM captcha WHERE captcha_time < ".$expiration);
// Then see if a captcha exists:
$sql = "SELECT COUNT(*) AS count FROM captcha WHERE word = ? AND ip_address = ? AND captcha_time > ?";
$binds = array($_POST['captchaText'], $this->input->ip_address(), $expiration);
$query = $this->db->query($sql, $binds);
$row = $query->row();
if ($row->count == 0)
{
$captchaError = "You must submit the word that appears in the image";
}
}
//--------------------------------------CAPTCHA CHECK ENDS HERE----------------------------
//----------------------------------FORM VALIDATION RETURN ERRORS---------------------------
if ($this->form_validation->run() == FALSE || $captchaError!='')
{
$data['captcha'] = $this->getCaptcha();
$data['captchaError'] = $captchaError;
$data['pageTitle']='Registration | Error';
$this->load->view('register-trader',$data);
}
//-----------------------------------------------END---------------------------------------
//---------------------------------------INSERT DATA INTO DATABASE-----------------------
else
{
if($this->input->post('material'))
{
$material = '';
foreach($this->input->post('material') as $value)
{
$material.= $value.',';
}
$material = rtrim($material,',');
}
$mycheck = $this->input->post('mycheck');
$mycheckOne = '';
$mycheckTwo = '';
if(!empty($mycheck[0])){$mycheckOne = $mycheck[0];}
if(!empty($mycheck[1])){$mycheckTwo = $mycheck[1];}
$config['file_name'] = uniqid();
$config['upload_path'] = UP_PATH;
$config['allowed_types'] = 'gif|jpg|png';
$config['max_size'] = '1000';
$config['max_width'] = '1024';
$config['max_height'] = '768';
$this->load->library('upload', $config);
if ( ! $this->upload->do_upload('userfile1'))
{
$error = $this->upload->display_errors();
$data = array(
'supplier'=>$mycheckOne,
'buyer'=>$mycheckTwo,
'title'=>$this->input->post('company'),
'cname'=>$this->input->post('cname'),
'material'=>$material,
'email'=>$this->input->post('email'),
'phone'=>$this->input->post('phone'),
'fax'=>$this->input->post('name'),
'mobile'=>$this->input->post('mobile'),
'web'=>$this->input->post('website'),
'country'=>$this->input->post('nation'),
'city'=>$this->input->post('city'),
'address'=>$this->input->post('address'),
'zip'=>$this->input->post('zip'),
'content'=>$this->input->post('content'),
'date'=>$date,
'userid'=>$userid,
'status'=>0
);
}
else
{
$data = array('upload_data' => $this->upload->data());
$filepath = $data['upload_data']['file_name'];
$config['image_library'] = 'gd2';
$config['source_image'] = UP_PATH.$filepath;
$config['new_image'] = UP_PATH.'thumbs/';
$config['create_thumb'] = TRUE;
$config['thumb_marker'] = '';
$config['maintain_ratio'] = TRUE;
$config['width'] = 75;
$config['height'] = 50;
$this->load->library('image_lib', $config);
$this->image_lib->resize();
$data = array(
'supplier'=>$mycheckOne,
'buyer'=>$mycheckTwo,
'title'=>$this->input->post('company'),
'cname'=>$this->input->post('cname'),
'material'=>$material,
'email'=>$this->input->post('email'),
'phone'=>$this->input->post('phone'),
'fax'=>$this->input->post('fax'),
'mobile'=>$this->input->post('mobile'),
'web'=>$this->input->post('website'),
'country'=>$this->input->post('nation'),
'city'=>$this->input->post('city'),
'address'=>$this->input->post('address'),
'zip'=>$this->input->post('zip'),
'content'=>$this->input->post('content'),
'image'=>$filepath,
'date'=>$date,
'userid'=>$userid,
'status'=>0
);
}
$this->db->insert(TBL_CLA,$data);
$log_type = 'trader';
$password = do_hash($this->input->post('password'));
$dataOne = array(
'password'=>$this->security->xss_clean($password),
'fname'=>$this->security->xss_clean($this->input->post('fname')),
'email'=>$this->security->xss_clean($this->input->post('email')),
'log_type'=>$log_type,
'userid'=>$userid,
'status'=>0,
'date'=>$date,
'active'=>1
);
$this->db->insert(TBL_USE,$dataOne);
$this->session->set_userdata('fname', $this->input->post('fname'));
redirect(base_url().'register/activate');
}
}
if($this->input->post('Login'))
{
//---------------------------------FORM VALIDATION STARTS HERE---------------------------------
$this->form_validation->set_error_delimiters('', '');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('fname', 'Full name','required');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('email', 'Email', 'required|valid_email|is_unique[tbl_user.email]');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('password', 'password', 'trim|required|min_length[6]|matches[cpassword]');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('cpassword', 'Password confirmation', 'required');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('captchaText', 'captcha text', 'required');
//-----------------------------------FORM VALIDATION ENDS HERE--------------------------------------
//------------------------------------CAPTCHA CHECK------------------------------------------
if($this->input->post('captchaText'))
{
$expiration = time()-7200; // Two hour limit
$this->db->query("DELETE FROM captcha WHERE captcha_time < ".$expiration);
// Then see if a captcha exists:
$sql = "SELECT COUNT(*) AS count FROM captcha WHERE word = ? AND ip_address = ? AND captcha_time > ?";
$binds = array($_POST['captchaText'], $this->input->ip_address(), $expiration);
$query = $this->db->query($sql, $binds);
$row = $query->row();
if ($row->count == 0)
{
$captchaError = "You must submit the word that appears in the image";
}
}
//--------------------------------------CAPTCHA CHECK ENDS HERE----------------------------
//----------------------------------FORM VALIDATION RETURN ERRORS---------------------------
if ($this->form_validation->run() == FALSE || $captchaError!='')
{
$data['captcha'] = $this->getCaptcha();
$data['captchaError'] = $captchaError;
$data['pageTitle']='Registration | Error';
$this->load->view('register-blogger',$data);
}
//-----------------------------------------------END---------------------------------------
//---------------------------------------INSERT DATA INTO DATABASE-----------------------
else
{
$date = date('Y-m-d');
$log_type = 'blogger';
$password = do_hash($this->input->post('password'));
$dataOne = array(
'password'=>$this->security->xss_clean($password),
'fname'=>$this->security->xss_clean($this->input->post('fname')),
'email'=>$this->security->xss_clean($this->input->post('email')),
'log_type'=>$log_type,
'userid'=>$userid,
'status'=>0,
'date'=>$date,
'active'=>0
);
$this->db->insert(TBL_USE,$dataOne);
$data['link'] = 'http://www.arabrecycling.org/activate/created/'.$userid;
$data['name'] = $this->input->post('fname');
$message = $this->load->view('includes/activate',$data, TRUE);
$subject = 'Account Activation';
$fromTest = 'The Arab Recycling Initiative';
$this->userRegEmail('info#arabrecycling.org',$this->input->post('email'),$message,$subject,$fromTest);
$this->session->set_userdata('fname', $this->input->post('fname'));
redirect(base_url().'register/activate');
}
}
}
//-------------------------------------------------------CAPTCHA CREATION STARTS HERE------------------------
public function getCaptcha(){
$this->load->library('common');
$this->common = new common();
$this->load->helper('captcha');
$vals = array(
'word' => $this->common->GetRandomCaptchaText(8),
'img_path' => './captcha/',
'img_url' => base_url().'captcha/',
'font_path' => base_url().'system/fonts/Candice.ttf',
'img_width' => '150',
'img_height' => 30,
'expiration' => 7200
);
$cap = create_captcha($vals);
$data = array(
'captcha_time' => $cap['time'],
'ip_address' => $this->input->ip_address(),
'word' => $cap['word']
);
$query = $this->db->insert_string('captcha', $data);
$this->db->query($query);
return $cap['image'];
}
//--------------------------------------------------------CAPTCHA CREATION ENDS HERE------------------------------------------------
//--------------------------------------------------------CONFIGURING EMAIL------------------------------------------------
public function userRegEmail($from,$to,$message,$subject,$fromTest){
$email_config['protocol'] = 'mail';
$email_config['mailtype'] = 'html';
$this->email->initialize($email_config);
$this->email->from($from, $fromTest);
$this->email->to($to);
$this->email->subject($subject);
$this->email->message($message);
$this->email->send();
}
//--------------------------------------------------------EMAIL CONFIGURATION ENDS HERE------------------------------------------------

Answer 1

Use SESSIONS:
On top of your page set:
<?php
//Check if session has not been started.
if (session_status() == PHP_SESSION_NONE)
{
session_start();
}
?>
In the code when defining a trader or blogger:
$_SESSION['USER'] = "trader";
or
$_SESSION['USER'] = "blogger";
Then you can execute the code you want:
//If it has not been set, do trader by default.
if (!ISSET($_SESSION['USER'])
{
$_SESSION['USER'] = "trader";
}
if ($_SESSION['USER'] == "blogger")
{
//Execute code for blogger
}
else if($_SESSION['USER'] == "trader")
{
//Execute code for trader
}
Sessions are stored in your browser as long as your "Page/Session" is open. Those "Variables" are user specific.
Hope this helps :)

Answer 2

You should identify if a user is a trader or a blogger, and then set appropriate session variables accordingly. A simple if statement to check which is logged in depending on which session variable is set should do the trick? If i'm understanding your question correctly.
What I would suggest (it will probably be easier) is
1. add an attribute to your user table in your database that is Account_Type enum('trader','blogger') not null.
2. Add radio buttons to your form when they sign up to choose if they are a trader or blogger
and obviously have this data sent back to your database
3. When they Login (i'm assuming all users have a unique username) do something like
-Set Session variables to 0
$_SESSION['trader'] = 0;
$_SESSION['blogger'] = 0;
-find username in database and for that username check if trader or blogger.
//A Query to find the Account_type that goes with the input account
$accquery = "SELECT Account_type FROM Account WHERE Account_Name =$_POST['account']";
//Running the query
$result = mysqli_query($connect,$accquery);
//Using an array to fetch the type and put it into a variables place
while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($connect,$result))
{
$acctype = $row['Account_Type'];
}
else {
die("Query failed");
}
And then do something like
if($acctype == "trader") {
$_SESSION['trader'] = 1;
elseif($acctype == "Blogger") {
$_SESSION['blogger'] =1;
else {
//error message
}
and then when you need to check which they are you can do something like
if((isset($_SESSION['trader'])) && ($_SESSION['trader'] == "1")){
//specific code for trader
}
and you can apply the same for blogger.
I would also advise you look into sanitizing your inputs, it's simple but very important.
Also note, do a thorough search through stackoverflow for answers to your questions because more than likely you will find something.
-Hope this helps, note its only rough so you will have to work around it but you should have some grasp of PHP anyways so that should do.