Route Users based on Login

Basically, I need to route users to different homepages depending if they're logged in or not.

Guests/Non-logged in members would see a default homepage, while logged-in members will see a homepage with News.

I'm aware I could just set my Product URL to the homepage, however that wouldn't help me in links that go back to "Home" (which home, would be determined by whether or not they're logged in.)

I was thinking I could do this with PHP code, but I don't know how to code something like this from scratch. Is anyone out there savvy enough with PHP code, or is there an alternative way of doing this within aMember Pro?

Update: Somebody suggested this script, however it doesn't appear to be working properly. When I run it, it only takes me to "public-home.php," even if I am logged in (it should be taking me to the member's home, "home.php").

PHP:

<?php
//start the session
session_start();

// do the login function
if ($username == "true")

// above and below means if username and password is correct
if ($password == "true")

//..and if all is correct, set the 'is_login' to true and immediately redirect to the member page.
$_SESSION['is_login'] = "true";
header('Location: http://www.equipmentemporium.com/home.php' );


//if the session called 'is_login' is true
if($_SESSION['is_login'] == "true")

//...then go to member page.
header('Location: http://www.MYSITE.com/home.php' );
else{
//...else go to guest page
header('Location: http://www.MYSITE.com/public-home.php' );
}
?>

Tested it, ran into this message:

Update:

Tried modifying the code to this:

PHP:

<?php

if ($au=$_SESSION['_amember_user'])
     header('Location: http://www.MYSITE.com/home.php' );
else
     header('Location: http://www.MYSITE.com/public-home.php' );
?>

I no longer receive the Parse Error, but it doesn't properly re-direct me, logged in or out. It just goes straight to public-home.php regardless.

PHP:

<?php

if (!isset($_SESSION)) session_start(); 

if ($au=$_SESSION['_amember_user']){
     header('Location: http://www.equipmentemporium.com/home.php' );
else{
     header('Location: http://www.MYSITE.com/public-home.php' );
}

?>

There should be a '}' before the 'else' to close the '{' following the 'if' statement otherwise there is no closing bracket to end the instructions contained in first part of 'if' statement.

Since both the if and else contain only one statement I don't think the curly brackets are required.

Update: Nevermind anything I said before in this post. I figured it out, and it works fine.

Thanks alot! This is why I love the aMember forums. People help you!

Gladly.

To re-summarize, if somebody clicks on my "Home" link they are in actuality clicking on "gohome.php" which is simply the following code:

PHP:

<?php

if (!isset($_SESSION)) session_start(); 

if ($au=$_SESSION['_amember_user']){
     header('Location: http://www.MYSITE/home.php' );
} else {
     header('Location: http://www.MYSITE/public-home.php' );
     }
?> 


If the user is logged in, they will be taken to "home.php" which has news articles.

If they are not logged in, then they will be taken to "public-home.php" which has a general statement and sign-up.

Hoping you can refresh my memory on this. I think I had this in place but then I changed the header and all was lost.

I have two pages that are basically structure as such:
1. home - guest landing page
2. home - member page

Should I put the above code between head tags of the (2) home - member page or at the start of the page?

I get a infinite loop error with that because I also have this in the header:

<?php
session_start();
if ($au=$_SESSION['_amember_user']){ // user is logged-in
print "<font color=#ffffff>Hello $au[login] !</font><br>";
print "<a href='/amember/logout.php'><font color=#ffff99>Logout</a>";
} else { // user is not logged-in
print "<form method=post action='/amember/login.php'>
<font color=#ffffff>Username: </font><input type=text name=amember_login size=9><br>
<font color=#ffffff>Password: </font><input type=password name=amember_pass size=9><br>
<input type=submit value='Login'>
</form>";
print "<a href='/amember/signup.php'><font color=#ffffff>Register</font></a></br><a href='/amember/member.php'><font color=#ffffff>Forgot password?</font></a>
";
}
?>

Someone helped me with this before and I just don't remember how we sorted this out.

Thanks,

Brian