Posted by eastcoastguyz on 11/30/05 01:53

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

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!

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