Is a Permanent Login (Auto-Login) Possible?

[Ryk]

Thankyou - much appreciated.

[pdprenty]

Ok, I have done a few searches, but I couldn't find anything definitive.

add a checkbox to your login-form called something like "permLogin".

How would I go about adding a checkbox. From your instructions I can definately do the rest, but the checkbox stumps me.

Oh and thank you very much for the instructions, I love that my customers can be logged in all of the time.

Pat

[crazy_chris]

hey, no problem!

it's a template file you should first copy into your own template-directory.

1. copy the file "includes/templates/template_default/templates/tpl_login_default.php" to "your_template_dir/templates/tpl_login_default.php"
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2. in this file the login box is around line 50. just there add the checkbox with a code like that:
   "<input id="permLogin" name="permLogin" type="checkbox" checked> stay logged in"

[BlindSide]

Good stuff, crazy_chris.

[pdprenty]

Hi crazy_chris, I just wanted to stop by and thank you for this.

I haven't got it working yet, (I got the tick box and the cookie imbeds it'self, but it does not log me back in again) but I will play around with it and I am sure I will be able to figure it out. It is likely I just put the code in the wrong spot, so I will look at the logic of the statements.

Again, thanks

Pat

[Ryk]

Hmm - I get this error

1064 You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '' at line 1
in:
[SELECT customers_password FROM zen_customers WHERE customers_id=]

And the code I have copied and pasted from above and placed exactly where recommended in includes/modules/pages/login/header_php.php is

if (substr_count($_COOKIE["zencart_cookie_permlogin"], "~~~") > 1) {
		if (empty($_SESSION['customer_id'])) {
			$c = explode("~~~", $_COOKIE["zencart_cookie_permlogin"]);

			$q = "SELECT customers_password FROM " . TABLE_CUSTOMERS . " WHERE customers_id=" . $c[0];
			$r = $db->Execute($q);

			$pw_cookie = zen_db_prepare_input($c[7]);
			$pw_zencart = $r->fields['customers_password'];

			if ($pw_cookie == $pw_zencart) {
				$_SESSION['customer_id'] = $c[0];
				$_SESSION['customer_default_address_id'] = $c[1];
				$_SESSION['customers_authorization'] = $c[2];
				$_SESSION['customer_first_name'] = $c[3];
				$_SESSION['customer_last_name'] = $c[4];
				$_SESSION['customer_country_id'] = $c[5];	
				$_SESSION['customer_zone_id'] = $c[6];
				$_SESSION['cart']->restore_contents();
			}
		}
	}

I'm no expert, but there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with that. And I've checked in the db that the required data is present.

[crazy_chris]

hey, is this a joke... because you just put the lines in the wrong file!!

the code you just posted (for automatically logging in) is meant to be put in "/includes/modules/pages/index/header_php.php"

the file "includes/modules/pages/login/header_php.php" (where you put the mentioned code) is for the original login-process where you set the cookie for the permanent login.

if you experience any troubles, post again!

[Ryk]

Damn - my human side is showing again!

But actually, not as bas as it seemed...I HAD put it in the right place - I had just pasted the wrong filename in that previous post.

[crazy_chris]

hehe, alright then

well, it seems, it doesn't find the customer_id in the cookie.

could you please add this code before the "$c = explode(....)":
"echo $_COOKIE["zencart_cookie_permlogin"];"
and post the output here?

[Ryk]

Will do . but while I'm doing that, could you be a bit more specific about

does all the stuff around line 70. just after this we hook in. put that code there

Should it be at about line 72 after $check_country or about line 80 after the $_SESSION lines?

This one is in login/header_php.php