I write code for login page like this and it direct to other page .but it not work i send my code.pls help me. <?php // start the session session_start(); $_SESSION['sessvar'] = $userId; $errorMessage = ''; if(isset($_POST['txtUserId']) && isset($_POST['txtPassword'])) { //if (isset($_POST['submit'])) { // if form has been submitted $dbhost = 'localhost'; $dbuser = 'root'; $dbname = 'detail'; if (!($db = mysql_connect($dbhost, $dbuser))) { die("Can't connect to mysql."); } else { if (!(mysql_select_db("$dbname",$db))) { die("Can't connect to db."); } } $user = $_POST['txtUserId']; $pass = $_POST['txtPassword']; $userId = addslashes($user); $password = addslashes($pass); // check if the user id and password combination exist in database $sql = "SELECT username FROM detail WHERE username = '$userId' AND password = '$password'"; $result = mysql_query($sql) or die('Query failed. ' . mysql_error()); if (mysql_num_rows($result) == 1) { // the user id and password match, // set the session // after login we move to the main page header('Location: che.php'); exit; } else { $errorMessage = 'Sorry, wrong user id or password'; } mysql_close($conn); } ?> <html> <head> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="master.css"/> <title>Untitled Document</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> </head> <body > <form action="" method="post"> <table border="1" height="500" align="center" width="800"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <table width="700" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"height="200" > <tr height="30"> <td width="299" align="center" > Login </td> <td width="387"> </td> </tr> <tr height="30"> <td width="299" align="center" > <?php if ($errorMessage != '') { ?> <p align="center"><strong><font color="#990000"> <?php echo $errorMessage; ?> </font></strong></p> <?php } ?> </td> <td width="387"> </td> </tr> <tr height="30"> <td width="299" align="center" >User Id</td> <td width="387"><input name="txtUserId" type="text" ></td> </tr> <tr height="30"> <td align="center" >Password</td> <td><input name="txtPassword" type="password"></td> </tr> <tr height="30"> <td> </td> <td><input name="submit" type="submit" value="Login"></td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </form> </body> </html> Code (markup):