Re: authentication

I forgot to mention, my server runs PHP 3 ----- Original Message ----- From: Ronnie Esguerra To: PHP Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 12:15 PM Subject: FW: [PHP-DB] authentication why not use sessions? on the first page do the login and start the session. throw the login to every other page using session variable. therefore when a user browses on the next page without the required variable you kick the page out. or you can use a database to track the user but it is more complicated. ronnie > -----Original Message----- > From: Pankaj Ahuja [mailto:pankaj@itinfobank.com] > Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 2:27 PM > To: php-db@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP-DB] authentication > > > Hi all > > I need to authenticate a user and on successful login he is > redirected to a > page. This works fine. However, this is not secure as the page to > which the > user is redirected can be accessed directly as well. What I need is when > someone tries to access the page without logging in first, he should be > taken to the login page > > Thanks > > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-db-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-db-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net