Re: [a bit OT but not] Authentication across realms

You can dynamically add a user's PHPSESSID or other identifier to the URL. If all of the sites are on the same server, its easy to share an Auth DB/table, if not, you'll need to sync the auth info in some way. HTH, J!M > I have a portal site, www.portal.com > that is a portal to > www.his-site.com > www.her-site.com > www.their-site.com > > all 3 having the same login ID and password for > a particular user. Is there any way that can be > set up so that a user would go to www.portal.com, > login in and link to any of the other sites and be > already logged in (by virtue of having already > logged in on www.portal.com)? > > I know it cannot be done using HTTP Auth unless > you use the same "realm" (and even then, I'm not > so sure) and I know you cannot use cookies because > they work using the host name (ie, www.portal.com > or portal.com). Am I wrong with the above? If > not, is there any other way? > Using PHP? > > Chris > > -- > 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 > >