introducing update.php & a new session variable

update.php

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+<?php
+session_start();
+$pdo = new PDO('mysql:host=localhost;dbname=usertable', 'usertable', 'password');
+$username = $_SESSION['username'];
+
+$statement = $pdo->prepare("SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = :username");
+$result = $statement->execute(array('username' => $username));
+$user = $statement->fetch();
+$_SESSION['userid'] = $user['id'];
+$_SESSION['email'] = $user['email'];
+$_SESSION['username'] = $user['username'];
+$_SESSION['givenName'] = $user['givenName'];
+$_SESSION['lastName'] = $user['lastName'];
+$_SESSION['activated'] = $user['activated'];
+$_SESSION['updated_at'] = $user['updated_at'];
+
+echo '<Session newly validated. Going back to secure land! <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="1; URL=secure.php">';
+?>