Re: Authentication with PHP and HTTP

hi - I'm not quite sure if this will help you, but lets give it a try: you could use this URL syntax: http://user:password@www.site.com to automatically log your user in to the htaccess protected area. the bad thing about it is that user / password show up in the URL, but you could hide this information with using frames... are PHP/MySQL usernames + passwords the same like in Apache/HTTP? greets, _andi "Phillip Erskine" <pverskine@hotmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:F13i7M4BAyxJMXehYSo00004e46@hotmail.com... > > I have a site that uses PHP/MySQL authentication for one section and > Apache/HTTP authentication for another. Eventually I would like to use only > PHP and MySQL for authenticating users, but in the meantime, I have to use > both. > > First, users will log in to the main section of the site and I will use PHP > session variables to maintain state for that section. What I would like to > be able to do is allow users to click a link that would redirect them to the > other section of the site and automatically log them in. > > The section of the site that users will be redirected to uses .htaccess and > .htpassword files to enforce HTTP authentication. > > Is this possible? If so, how? > > > ========================= > http://www.pverskine.com/ > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online > http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 >