Posted by Colin Fine on 10/29/06 18:38

PeacePipe wrote:
> In article <E8WdnXwRZKh90d7YnZ2dnUVZ_oydnZ2d@comcast.com>, Jerry
> Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote:
>
>
>
>> Rather than trying to keep your .htaccess and/or .htpasswd up to date,
>> use a database for authentication. Much easier. mod_auth_mysql (on
>> sourceforge.net) can do it for mysql.
>
> Hello Jerry, thanks for the comment.
>
> My colleague has returned and he has the solution. PayPal first sends
> data to a file running on one server and that server then sends data to
> the file I mentioned earlier. My first post assumed that there was an
> error in this second file but now it appears the but is in the first
> file. All appears to be solved. Thank you all very much. What a
> friendly community.

Fine, if it works, but I would strongly echo Jerry's suggestion: you are
keeping your user database scattered around many individual files,
rather than in a database where you can manage it readily.

Colin

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