<?php require "db_conn.php"; $e = null; if (isset($_POST['submit'])) { try { $querry = sprintf("SELECT passHash FROM login WHERE userName = '%s' ;", $_POST['userName']); $pdo_st = $pdo->query($querry); $pdo_st->setFetchMode(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC); $array = $pdo_st->fetch(); $isMatch = password_verify($_POST['pass'], $array['passHash']); if ($isMatch == true) { session_start(); $_SESSION['userName'] = $_POST['userName']; header("location: ../view.php"); //redirects user to view page upon successful login! } else { header("location: ../index.php"); //redirects to the index page upon login failure. } } catch (PDOException $e) { echo ($e->getMessage() . " " . $e->getLine()); } } ?>