Posted by Justin Koivisto on 11/29/05 16:54

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.

HTH

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Justin Koivisto, ZCE - justin@koivi.com
http://koivi.com

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