Cannot assign data from mysql to session array - php

Question

I have a checklogin page and followin codes;
$sql = "select * from users where username = '$username' and password = '$password'";
$result = mysql_query($sql) or die ( mysql_error() );
if(mysql_num_rows($result)>0)
{
$line = mysql_fetch_assoc($result);
$count++;
}
if ($count == 1)
{
$_SESSION['login'] = "true";
$_SESSION['username'] = $username;
$_SESSION['usertype'] = $line['type'];
}
And the $_SESSION['usertype'] is always 1 even though it is different in database, what am I doing wrong

Answer 1

I'd suggest you do a little debugging through the entire process.
Verify that $username and $password are what you expect them to be before you run the query:
echo "Username: {$username} Password: {$password}<br/>";
Verify that your query is returning the right values:
$line = mysql_fetch_assoc($result);
echo "<pre>";
var_dump($line);
echo "</pre>";
If both of those tests return the expected values, then you may have to investigate your session - is it being started properly? Is it being reset somewhere?

Answer 2

$line is returning 1 because it is a boolean yes/no result. A result was found hence it returns 1.
You have to iterate through $line or access result set #1 directly with $line[0]['type'];
Or just fetch a single row:
Taken from the manual:
**Example #1 Fetching one row with mysql_fetch_row()**
<?php
$result = mysql_query("SELECT id,email FROM people WHERE id = '42'");
if (!$result) {
echo 'Could not run query: ' . mysql_error();
exit;
}
$row = mysql_fetch_row($result);
echo $row[0]; // 42
echo $row[1]; // the email value
?>
In you case, if you changed your select to "select type from users .... " instead of "select *"
$line[0]