simple log in form issue

sleepyescapade

This is my form implemented on an index.html site page

<div class="enter">
<form name="form" action="checkLogin.php" method="post">
<fieldset>

<h5>Trade corner</h5>
<div class="login">
<label for="nameField">Name:</label>
	<input type="text" name="username" id="nameField"
		   value="log in"
		   size="10" maxlength="10" /> </div>
<div class="login"><label for="passwordField">Password:</label>
	<input type="password" name="password" id="passwordField"
		   size="10" maxlength="10" value="password" /><input type="image" src="images/txt/button.png" class="button" name="submitted"/> </a></div></fieldset> </form>
	 <?php
	 // Output each error message, if any
	 foreach ($errors as $error)
	 {
		echo "<p>ERROR: {$error}</p>";
	 }
	?>
		   </div>

this is my checkLogin.php

<?
 require("shop/admin/conf.php");
 function clean($str)
 {
	return mysql_real_escape_string(trim($str));
 }

 $username = '';
 $passwd = '';
 $errors = array();
 if ( isset($_POST['submitted']) )
 {
	$username = clean($_POST['username']);
	if ( $username == '' )
	{
	   $errors[] = 'The user name must not be blank';
	}
	$passwd = clean($_POST['password']);
	if ( $passwd == '' )
	{
	   $errors[] = 'The password must not be blank';
	}
	// Check whether this username and password match one in the database
	 mysql_connect("$DBHost","$DBUser","$DBPass");
	$sql = mysql("$DBName", "SELECT * FROM wine_login
			 WHERE username = '$username'
			   AND  password = '$passwd'");
	$dbresult = mysql_query($sql);
	if (mysql_num_rows($dbresult) != 1)
	{
	   $errors[] = "User name or password not known";
	}
	if ( count($errors) == 0 )
	{
	   // All is well with this user
	   // Store his/her name in the session store and redirect to the protected content!
	   session_start();
	   $_SESSION['authenticated'] = 'yes';
	   $_SESSION['username'] = $username;
	   header('Location: tradecorner.html');
	}
 }
 ?>

and lastly, this is the page i want it to direct to when you log in:

<?
  require("shop/admin/conf.php");
include('header.inc');
 session_start();
 if ( ! isset($_SESSION['authenticated']) )
 {
	die("You do not have permission to access this page");
 }
?>

When i submit the log in details, my checkLogin comes up blank and so doesnt carry on to my redirection page? I discovered that the submitted button was not sending via POST. But i dont know why

forbairt

instead of $_POST try $_REQUEST

edit:

also whats the </a> for

name="submitted"/> </a>

sleepyescapade

Got this sorted! Thanks for your reply