Re: authentication comparing to /etc/passwd

if($PHP_AUTH_USER != "user1") || ($PHP_AUTH_PW != "password") ... or somehting like that. I can't find it in the manual, but it is there someplace. Adam Williams wrote: > Hi, is there a PHP function or some sort of way to have a user enter their > username and password in a form, and compare the username and password and > see if the username exists and the password is correct? > > basically I want to have a page where a person enters their username and > password and if correct to use the header function to send them to the a > page. -- John Taylor-Johnston ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- "If it's not Open Source, it's Murphy's Law or broken." ' ' ' Collège de Sherbrooke ô¿ô http://www.collegesherbrooke.qc.ca/languesmodernes/ - Université de Sherbrooke http://compcanlit.ca/ 819-569-2064