basic php login form code example
Example 1: simple login form in php
<?php
session_start();
$errorMsg = "";
$validUser = $_SESSION["login"] === true;
if(isset($_POST["sub"])) {
$validUser = $_POST["username"] == "admin" && $_POST["password"] == "password";
if(!$validUser) $errorMsg = "Invalid username or password.";
else $_SESSION["login"] = true;
}
if($validUser) {
header("Location: /login-success.php"); die();
}
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" />
<title>Login</title>
</head>
<body>
<form name="input" action="" method="post">
<label for="username">Username:</label><input type="text" value="<?= $_POST["username"] ?>" id="username" name="username" />
<label for="password">Password:</label><input type="password" value="" id="password" name="password" />
<div class="error"><?= $errorMsg ?></div>
<input type="submit" value="Home" name="sub" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
Example 2: php login
<form method="post" action="ope.php" id="formlogin" name="formlogin" >
<fieldset id="fie">
<legend>LOGIN</legend><br />
<label>NOME : </label>
<input type="text" name="login" id="login" /><br />
<label>SENHA :</label>
<input type="password" name="senha" id="senha" /><br />
<input type="submit" value="LOGAR " />
</fieldset>
</form>
Example 3: login.php
<?php
ob_start();
session_start();
?>
<?
?>
<html lang = "en">
<head>
<title>Tutorialspoint.com</title>
<link href = "css/bootstrap.min.css" rel = "stylesheet">
<style>
body {
padding-top: 40px;
padding-bottom: 40px;
background-color: #ADABAB;
}
.form-signin {
max-width: 330px;
padding: 15px;
margin: 0 auto;
color: #017572;
}
.form-signin .form-signin-heading,
.form-signin .checkbox {
margin-bottom: 10px;
}
.form-signin .checkbox {
font-weight: normal;
}
.form-signin .form-control {
position: relative;
height: auto;
-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
-moz-box-sizing: border-box;
box-sizing: border-box;
padding: 10px;
font-size: 16px;
}
.form-signin .form-control:focus {
z-index: 2;
}
.form-signin input[type="email"] {
margin-bottom: -1px;
border-bottom-right-radius: 0;
border-bottom-left-radius: 0;
border-color:#017572;
}
.form-signin input[type="password"] {
margin-bottom: 10px;
border-top-left-radius: 0;
border-top-right-radius: 0;
border-color:#017572;
}
h2{
text-align: center;
color: #017572;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Enter Username and Password</h2>
<div class = "container form-signin">
<?php
$msg = '';
if (isset($_POST['login']) && !empty($_POST['username'])
&& !empty($_POST['password'])) {
if ($_POST['username'] == 'tutorialspoint' &&
$_POST['password'] == '1234') {
$_SESSION['valid'] = true;
$_SESSION['timeout'] = time();
$_SESSION['username'] = 'tutorialspoint';
echo 'You have entered valid use name and password';
}else {
$msg = 'Wrong username or password';
}
}
?>
</div>
<div class = "container">
<form class = "form-signin" role = "form"
action = "<?php echo htmlspecialchars($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);
?>" method = "post">
<h4 class = "form-signin-heading"><?php echo $msg; ?></h4>
<input type = "text" class = "form-control"
name = "username" placeholder = "username = tutorialspoint"
required autofocus></br>
<input type = "password" class = "form-control"
name = "password" placeholder = "password = 1234" required>
<button class = "btn btn-lg btn-primary btn-block" type = "submit"
name = "login">Login</button>
</form>
Click here to clean <a href = "logout.php" tite = "Logout">Session.
</div>
</body>
</html>