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+<?php
+session_start();
+if (isset($_SESSION['userid']) && ($_SESSION['access'])){
+	echo 'Proceed to character selection <A HREF="gw-toon.php">here</A><BR>'; //really should automate this
+} else {
+	include_once 'gw-connect.php';
+	$con = new mysqli(DATABASE_HOST, DATABASE_USER, DATABASE_PASS, DATABASE_NAME);
+	$username = mysqli_real_escape_string($con, $_POST['username']); //enable this after username form is built
+	//$username = 'mauirixxx'; //delete this line after the above is finished
+	$password = mysqli_real_escape_string($con, $_POST['password']); //enable this after password form is built
+	//$password = 'drx9175l';
+	$password = md5($password);
+	if ($con->connect_errno > 0){
+		die ('Unable to connect to database [' . $db->connect_errno . ']');
+	}
+	$sqllogin = "SELECT * FROM users WHERE users.username = '$username' and password = '$password'";
+	if (!$result = $con->query($sqllogin)){
+		die ('There was an error running the query [' . $con->error . ']');
+	}
+	while ($row = $result->fetch_array()){
+		$uname = $row['username'];
+		$uid = $row['userid'];
+		$access = $row['access'];
+		$_SESSION['username'] = $uname;
+		$_SESSION['userid'] = $uid;
+		$_SESSION['access'] = $access;
+		echo 'Your username is ' . $uname . '. Your userid is ' . $uid . '. Your access level is ' . $access . '.<BR />';
+	}
+}
+# keeping the code below for references material only
+/* if(isset($_POST["submit"])){
+	if(empty($_POST["username"]) || empty($_POST["password"])){
+		$error = "Both fields are required.";
+	} else {
+		// Define $username and $password
+		$username=$_POST['username'];
+		$password=$_POST['password'];
+ 
+		// To protect from MySQL injection
+		$username = stripslashes($username);
+		$password = stripslashes($password);
+		$username = mysqli_real_escape_string($con, $username);
+		$password = mysqli_real_escape_string($con, $password);
+		$password = md5($password);
+ 
+		//Check username and password from database
+		$sql-login="SELECT userid FROM users WHERE users.username = '$username' and password = '$password'";
+		$result=mysqli_query($con,$sql-login);
+		$row=mysqli_fetch_array($result,MYSQLI_ASSOC);
+ 
+		//If username and password exist in our database then create a session.
+		//Otherwise echo error.
+ 
+		if(mysqli_num_rows($result) == 1){
+			$_SESSION['username'] = $login_user; // Initializing Session
+			header("location: gw-toon.php"); // Redirecting To Other Page
+		} else {
+			$error = "Incorrect username or password.";
+		}
+	}
+} */
+?>
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