Re: registration/login function....

i tend to avoid this isnt user friendly , u can exactly send error messages to a browser based login box can you ? i handle my login checking agaimst the database and use sessions, then return error messages to the form if there is any , one query i do have though for checking the login on each page what is the most efficient way of doing it though like i'm doing a check of the session against the database on each request for username , password and md5'd sessionID, prob not efficient ?? > Hello Bruce, > > Saturday, May 17, 2003, 7:24:50 PM, you wrote: > > BD> I'm in need of a seriously good Login/Registration application. > This will BD> form the basis of the user authenticatino portion of the > site I'm BD> developing. It will also be used to handle user access for > pages within the BD> site. The language could be either PHP/Perl. > Before I start to code one, I BD> thought I'd see if anybody has code > that could be used for one. I've checked BD> the usual > places...sourceforge..hotscripts...phpscripts...etc... done the BD> > google search... > > BD> The core of this code should really be written so that users don't > have to BD> recreate it as needed...!!!! I'm looking for something > "Open Source". > > I've always found that the zend authentication tutorial is a good > place to start. > > http://www.zend.com/zend/tut/authentication.php > > Shows several methods of authentication, with complete code. Highly > recomment a read. > > There are also some great articles on http://www.evolt.org that > deal > with security and logon authentication. > > <disclaimer>I am a member of Evolt</disclaimer> > > > -- > Best regards, > Burhan > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php