Re: Need Some Direction

"Aaron Todd" <aaloki88@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:20040805144235.91200.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > Hello, > > I am trying to build up a members only site, but I need some direction. So > far I have written a page that will let a user register for access. That > script emails me their info so I can validate it, sends them a "thankyou" > email and then sends the data to a temporary MySQL database table. In the > email that I get I created two links. One will send the user an acceptance > email and put their info in a final database table. The other will send the > user a Deny email and will delete their info from the temporary database > table. > > I have also created a login script that will ask for a username and password > and verify it with the database. If its all correct then it will redirect > you to a restricted page. > > The direction I need is how do I go about restricting access to the members > only pages? I have been reading up on sessions, which I think will be a > cool addition to this site, but I still havent found much on restrictin > access without a username and password. Currently my login and registration > pages are located in the root of the domain. The all the members only pages > are in a directory called /members/. > > Can anyone give me some direction on how I should go about all this. > > Thanks, > > Aaron Hi Aaron, you might want to take a look at PEAR's LiveUser: http://pear.php.net/package/LiveUser Takes a bit of time to set up but should be exactly what you are looking for. It handles user authentication (login), session timeout and user rights. Regards, Torsten Roehr