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Posted by Justin Koivisto on 10/10/48 11:33
eastcoastguyz wrote:
> Justin Koivisto wrote:
>
>>eastcoastguyz wrote:
>>
>>>I have a web site where web pages are set-up for clients to be able to
>>>download project files. I'm doing this now with .htaccess and each user
>>>has their own directory. So the user is given their user name/password
>>>and the url for their web page (http://www.domain.com/username) Their
>>>own web page comes up with their name on it and it lists their files.
>>>
>>>OK, I was asked, "Why not just have a Login page, and the users enter
>>>in their user name and password which takes them to the directory
>>>already set-up for them now?" That sounds like a reasonable request.
>>>
>>>Is there a way to request this from the user through PHP and then pass
>>>it on to Apache's .htaccess for that user's directory to take care of
>>>the authentication? In other words, as if they typed in the url
>>>((http://www.domain.com/username) and logged in directly?
>>>
>>>I hope my posting is clear. If not please ask questions, and of course,
>>>be kind. ;-) Thanks!
>>>
>>
>>HTTP Authentication:
>>http://us2.php.net/features.http-auth
>>
>>Say example.com/account/ is protected with Basic Auth.
>>
>>When the user attempts to access, they need to enter in their user/pass
>>to gain access. In the directory index page (index.php for this
>>example), you simply need to check the $_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER']
>>variable for the username that they entered. Then you can redirect to
>>(or better yet, display) the content that user should see.
>
> Thanks for the reply. How does the PHP collecting their username and
> password get passed on so that Apache can perform Basic Auth?
>
> Also, I wasn't able to get those code examples in
> http://us2.php.net/features.http-auth to work. Do you know of a working
> example of this I could download? Thank you!
Check this out: http://www.zend.com/zend/tut/authentication.php
Also:
http://koivi.com/php-http-auth/protect.php
user: testing
pass: tester
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Justin Koivisto, ZCE - justin@koivi.com
http://koivi.com
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