Re: HTTP authenticate

<input type="hidden" name="PHP_AUTH_USER" value="<?=$PHP_AUTH_USER?>"> This should work, as long as you are using php to authenticate, and not .htaccess. -david ----- Original Message ----- From: "AJDIN BRANDIC" <abrandic@coventry.ac.uk> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 3:05 AM Subject: [PHP] HTTP authenticate > I have a problem and cannot find a solution to it. My client wants to > have login boxes (html text/password type) (username,password) on his main > page. Once user enters > correct details it will take him/her to the protected area. Now I need to > authenticate the user for each page in the restricted area. If I use HTTP > authenticate (which is in another file and I use "require" to refear > to it) then it brings up the windows authentication box which means the > user has to login again (not good :(). The client deosn't want me to use > cookies (I was goint to create two cookies PHP_AUT_USER and PHP_AUTH_PW). > I cannot use sessions since the ISP host doesn't support them. > Is there any way I could assign values to PHP_AUT_USER and PHP_AUTH_PW > so I don not get the windows username/pass box but just authenticate once > through. I realy need this sorted. > > Thanx, > > Ajdin > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >