Re: Password Protect page

////////////////////////// USED FOR AUTHENTICATION //////////////////////// function authenticate_user(){ Header("WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm=\"something@something.com\""); Header("HTTP/1.0 401 Unauthorized"); echo "You are not authorized to enter this section of the site!\n"; exit; } if(!isset($PHP_AUTH_USER)) { authenticate_user(); } else { $db = mysql_connect("localhost","...",""); mysql_select_db("...",$db); $sql = "SELECT * FROM ... WHERE User='$PHP_AUTH_USER' && password='$PHP_AUTH_PW'"; $r = mysql_query($sql); if(@mysql_num_rows($r) < 1){ authenticate_user(); } } ////////////////////////// USED FOR AUTHENTICATION //////////////////////// Not sure if this is what you ar looking for, but it works just fine for me. I picked it off php.net somewhere where there's a very interesting discussion on the topic. I think I was searching on "authentication". My pleasure jan "Rubanowicz, Lisa" wrote: > Hi All, > I have an Admin section for my site (where users fill in web forms and it > changes the site and upload facility for images) and would like a script > that does a User Logon page. Password is enough. I have created a TABLE in > my mySQL database called bw_password with two fields id and password. > Does anyone have a handy script. I tried but to no avail, I was trying to > send the header to redirect if the password in the input box matches the > database password but it kept saying that the header was already sent.. I > tried Javascript aswell, doing a location.href = "URL" within the "if" > statement. > If anyone can send me one they have and I can try and modify it then or at > least understand it. I am a beginner so please be nice!! > Thanks in advance > Lisa > > > Lisa Rubanowicz > Case ITC, > Navan, Ireland > Tel: #353 (0)46 77663 > > lisa.rubanowicz@cnh.com <mailto:lisa.rubanowicz@cnh.com> > >