POST request in a login script

Question

I have a strange problem when the variables that are passed to a PHP script dont get recognized in an equal statement. The java code :
tring value, value2;
     try {
     BufferedReader stdin = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
     URL url = new URL("................./admin.php");
     URLConnection connection = url.openConnection();
     connection.setDoOutput(true);
     System.out.println("Enter your username");
     value = stdin.readLine();
     value = URLEncoder.encode(value, "UTF-8");
     System.out.println("Enter your password");
     value2 = stdin.readLine();
     value2 = URLEncoder.encode(value2, "UTF-8");
     System.out.println("Acessing the ECHO server script");
     PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(connection.getOutputStream());
     out.println("username="+ value);
     out.println("&password="+value2);
     out.close();
     BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(connection.getInputStream()));
     String inputLine;
     System.out.println("Retrieving data");
     System.out.println("");
     while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null)
         System.out.println(inputLine);
     System.out.println("");
     in.close();
     catch (Exception e)
     System.out.println("Error: "+e);
     System.out.println("Processing Acomplished");In case somebody wonders, this is part of the php script
if (isset($_POST['username']) && isset($_POST['password']))
$username = $_POST['username'];
$password = $_POST['password'];
echo $username;
echo $password;
if ( $username == "1" && $password == "2" )
echo "CORRECT";
else
echo "INCORRECT";
}Now, the script successfuly recieved my data, and prints it back. However, whenever i try to check if the value is "1", for example, it always evaluates to FALSE. I am completely lost, because the script print back 1, and then says that 1 != 1
I know it looks like script problem, but im almost sure that its not.
Maybe the data that java post's is encoded differently or something, and the script cant really "interpret" it. Did anyone else encounter any problems with login scripts and java ?
Sorry if this is a lame question, i'm just beginning....

Answer 1

I know it looks like script problem, but im almost sure that its not.I'm almost sure it is. Check that it's not comparing the string "1" to the integer 1 or something. But the way you present it the problem is almost certainly in the PHP rather than the Java.