RE: [PHP] Authentication

--- Robert Sossomon <robert@gcnorris.com> wrote: > 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'm not sure I understand, but you can get the username and password used in the HTTP authentication from these two variables: $_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'] $_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_PW'] Hope that helps. Chris ===== Chris Shiflett - http://shiflett.org/ PHP Security Handbook Coming mid-2004 HTTP Developer's Handbook http://httphandbook.org/