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<?php 

// This page defines two functions used by the login/logout process.

 

/* This function determines an absolute URL and redirects the user there.

 * The function takes one argument: the page to be redirected to.

 * The argument defaults to index.php.

 */

function redirect_user ($page = 'index.php') {

$url = 'http://' . $_SERVER['localhost'] . mecicalcenter($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);

 

// Remove any trailing slashes:

$url = rtrim($url, '/\\');

 

// Add the page:

$url .= '/' . $page;

 

// Redirect the user:

header("Location: $url");

exit(); // Quit the script.

 

} // End of redirect_user() function.

 

 

/* This function validates the form data (the email address and password).

 * If both are present, the database is queried.

 * The function requires a database connection.

 * The function returns an array of information, including:

 * - a TRUE/FALSE variable indicating success

 * - an array of either errors or the database result

 */

function check_login($dbc, $login = '', $pass = '') {

 

$errors = array(); // Initialize error array.

 

// Validate the login:

if (empty($login)) {

$errors[] = 'You forgot to enter your login.';

} else {

$lgn = mysqli_real_escape_string($dbc,trim($login));

}

 

// Validate the password:

if (empty($pass)) {

$errors[] = 'You forgot to enter your password.';

} else {

$p = mysqli_real_escape_string($dbc, trim($pass));

}

 

if (empty($errors)) { // If everything's OK.

 

// Retrieve the user_id and first_name for that email/password combination:

$q = "SELECT PatientId ,firstN FROM patient WHERE login = '$lgn' AND pass = SHA1('$p')";

$r = @mysqli_query ($dbc, $q); // Run the query.

 

// Check the result:

if (mysqli_num_rows($r) == 1) {

 

// Fetch the record:

$row = mysqli_fetch_array ($r, MYSQLI_ASSOC);

 

// Return true and the record:

return array(true, $row);

 

} else { // Not a match!

$errors[] = 'The login and password entered do not match those on file.';

}

 

} // End of empty($errors) IF.

 

// Return false and the errors:

return array(false, $errors);

 

} // End of check_login() function.

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