Undefined variable: username in

PHP
1 
<?php 

session_start();

define ('USERNAME', 'Stephenturkson');
define ('PASSWORD', 'something');

if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST'){
	$username = $_POST['username'];
	$username = $_POST['password'];

}

if( $username === USERNAME && $password === PASSWORD){

	$_SESSION['username'] = $username;
	header("Location: admin.php");
}
 	
?>

<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
	<title>Login Form</title>

	<style>
	form ul { padding: 0; margin: 0;}
	form li{ list-style: none; margin-bottom: 1em;}
	</style>
</head>

<body>

<h1>Login</h1>

<form action="index.php" method="post">
	<ul>
		<li>
			<label for="name">Name: </label>
			<input name="name" type="text">
		</li>

		<li>
			<label for="password">Password: </label>
			<input name="password" type="password">
		</li>

		<li>
		 
			<input type="submit" value="Login" name="submit">
		</li>
    </ul>
</body>
</html>
2 
$username = $_POST['username'];	
$username = $_POST['password'];

Did you mean to use the same varname?

If that doesn’t help, what was the question?

3

Also,

In your PHP code, you’re trying to retrieve a POST variable called ‘username’, but your form input is named ‘name’.

4

exactly. that was the issue
i couldnt sleep last night ,
thanks .

5

boss it was an issue with my html form its been solved. thanks

6

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