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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<HTML>
+<HEAD>
+<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css">
+<?php
+session_start();
+$uname = (isset($_SESSION['username']) ? $_SESSION['username'] : null);
+$userid = (isset($_SESSION['userid']) ? $_SESSION['userid'] : null);
+include_once ('connect.php');
+$con = @new mysqli(DATABASE_HOST, DATABASE_USER, DATABASE_PASS, DATABASE_NAME);
+if ($con->connect_errno){
+	die ('Unable to connect to database [' . $db->connect_errno . ']');
+}
+if (!$userid){
+	echo '<TITLE>Please login first</TITLE></HEAD><BODY>';
+	echo '<CENTER><FORM ACTION="login.php" METHOD="POST">Username:<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="username" SIZE="20"><BR />';
+	echo 'Password:<INPUT TYPE="PASSWORD" NAME="password" SIZE="20"><BR />';
+	echo '<INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" VALUE="Login ..."></FORM></CENTER>';
+} else {
+	echo '<TITLE>' . $pagetitle . '</TITLE></HEAD><BODY><CENTER>';
+	echo '(<A HREF="index.php" CLASS="navlink">Home</A>) (<A HREF="search.php" CLASS="navlink">SEARCH</A>) (<A HREF="logout.php?action=logout" CLASS="navlink">Logout ' . $uname . '</A>)<HR><BR / >';
+}
+?>
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