RE: [PHP] HTTP Authentication thru PHP
| From: | Jay Blanchard | Date: | Wed, 19 Nov 2003 14:37:40 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] HTTP Authentication thru PHP | ||
| Groups: | php.general | ||
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I think I can remember semi-colon is not allowed in apache logins or
passwords...
>But the above is not working when the $username contains a trailing
>semicolon
>or when the $password is starting with a semicolon,
>Ex: what if the $username ="chandu:"
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Or colons. It is a Bad Practice[tm] to use any special characters in
user names and/or passwords. It is not universally allowed from OS to OS