Re: Using PHP and Apache's .htaccess files.

hello Todd, there is a directive where you can redirect errors to certain pages withhin the htaccess file. I do not remember the exact syntax, but it looked like... ErrorDocument 401 /root/to/your/file.html Please check the apache docs it this does not work. Andy -- ---------------------------------------------------- http://www.globosapiens.net Global Travellers Network! "Todd Fernandes" <tfernand@impole.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:001001c2188d$9614b4f0$3cc8a8c0@impole.com... > Here is my question. It involves using PHP and apache's .htaccess files. > > What I basically want to know is, how do I redirect a bas user after a > failed Authentication attempt. > > Example: > One PHP script checks to see if $PHP_AUTH_USER is set and if not calls > header( sprintf("WWW-authenticate: basic realm=\"%s\"", $g_auth_realm )); > header( "HTTP/1.0 401 Unauthorized" ); > > to get them to provide a username and password. Now, how to I check that > against the .htaccess and .htpasswd files I have in a subdirectory below the > script. > > The way I have it working now is that I check to see if $PHP_AUTH_USER is > set, and if it is, I send them to the page that is a directory down behind > the .htaccess file. Working that way, if they are an invalid user, they are > prompted again, if they hit cancel, they get the 401 page. I want to give > them a custom error message instead of the generic 401 page. > > Any ideas on how to avoid the 401 page? > > Thank you, > Todd >