RE: [PHP] Authentication

I am not trying to authenticate off of a database though. I have scripts that automatically modify the .htaccess file as I change a user, so I need to authenticate off the .htaccess file and store the users information into a cookie. I think from the cookie I can do everything else, just not sure how to get the information from the browser to show me the user of the page. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I am a quick leaner, dependable, and motivated." -Real live resume statement ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----Original Message----- From: Chris Shiflett [mailto:shiflett@php.net] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 11:53 AM To: Robert Sossomon; php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] Authentication --- Robert Sossomon <robert@gcnorris.com> wrote: > I currently use a .htaccess file for users to login, and now I need to > make some changes to how the site works. > > I need to be able to have the users login, and once that is done the > login needs to be used to pass through the database. Search PEAR (http://pear.php.net/), because I'm pretty sure there are aome authentication classes that let you use a database to store the access credentials. Hope that helps. Chris ===== Chris Shiflett - http://shiflett.org/ PHP Security Handbook Coming mid-2004 HTTP Developer's Handbook http://httphandbook.org/