how can I exit from a php script and continue right after the script?
- by Samir Ghobril
Hey guys, I have this piece of code, and when I add return after echo(if there is an error and I need to continue right after the script) I can't see the footer, do you know what the problem is?
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html lang="en" >
<head>
    <title>Login | JM Today </title>
    <link href="Mainstyles.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" />
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
    <?php include("header.php"); ?>
    <?php include("navbar.php"); ?>
    <?php include("cleanquery.php") ?>  
    <div id="wrap">
       <?php
       ini_set('display_errors', 'On');
        error_reporting(E_ALL | E_STRICT);
        $conn=mysql_connect("localhost", "***", "***") or die(mysql_error());
        mysql_select_db('jmtdy', $conn) or die(mysql_error());
        if(isset($_POST['sublogin'])){
        if(( strlen($_POST['user']) >0) && (strlen($_POST['pass']) >0)) {
            checklogin($_POST['user'], $_POST['pass']);
        }
        elseif((isset($_POST['user']) && empty($_POST['user'])) || (isset($_POST['pass']) && empty($_POST['pass']))){
            echo '<p class="statusmsg">You didn\'t fill in the required fields.</p><br/><input type="button" value="Retry" onClick="location.href='."'login.php'\">";
            return;
        }
        }
        else{
            echo '<p class="statusmsg">You came here by mistake, didn\'t you?</p><br/><input type="button" value="Retry" onClick="location.href='."'login.php'\">";
            return;
        }   
      function checklogin($username, $password){
        $username=mysql_real_escape_string($username);
        $password=mysql_real_escape_string($password);
            $result=mysql_query("select * from users where username = '$username'");
            if($result != false){
                $dbArray=mysql_fetch_array($result);
                $dbArray['password']=mysql_real_escape_string($dbArray['password']);
                $dbArray['username']=mysql_real_escape_string($dbArray['username']);
                if(($dbArray['password'] != $password ) || ($dbArray['username'] != $username)){
                    echo '<p class="statusmsg">The username or password you entered is incorrect. Please try again.</p><br/><input type="button" value="Retry" onClick="location.href='."'login.php'\">";
                    return;
                }
                $_SESSION['username']=$username;
                $_SESSION['password']=$password;
                if(isset($_POST['remember'])){
                    setcookie("jmuser",$_SESSION['username'],time()+60*60*24*356);  
                    setcookie("jmpass",$_SESSION['username'],time()+60*60*24*356);
                }
            }
            else{
                echo'<p class="statusmsg">  The username or password you entered is incorrect. Please try again.</p><br/>input type="button" value="Retry" onClick="location.href='."'login.php'\">";
                return;
            }
        }           
      ?>
        </div>
        <br/>
        <br/>
<?php include("footer.php") ?>
</div>
</body>
</html>