Re: auth_user and auth_pw through URL

You might have to take a different approach. I would recommend creating a session when the user logs in through your form (which you should probably verify against a db) and some kind of validation on the private pages. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Cantrell" <adamc@scribe.com> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 1:57 PM Subject: [PHP] auth_user and auth_pw through URL > > Is there a way I can pass the auth_user and auth_pw variables as URL > variables that are masked? What i would like, is something that looks like > this www.url.com?username=****&pass=**** where the **** strings are masked. > I don't want the browser's basic authentication window to pop up because the > user has already logged in through our web based form over SSL. I just want > a way for the files to be accessable, but I don't want users to be able to > just copy the URL and send it to their friends - or just guess file names. > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >