RE: [PHP] Re: authentication comparing to /etc/passwd

From: Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2004 10:41:20 +0000
Subject: RE: [PHP] Re: authentication comparing to /etc/passwd
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John Taylor-Johnston wrote: > 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. http://www.zend.com/zend/tut/authentication.php -- Burhan Khalid phplist[at]meidomus[dot]com

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