Re: How to get the HTTP authenticated user name?
| From: | Daniel Brown | Date: | Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:17:44 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: How to get the HTTP authenticated user name? | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
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On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 5:37 AM, Georgios Kasapoglou <gkasap@intracom.gr> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I'm new to the list.
> I'm running on Apache 2 and I want to use the mod_auth_basic module, which
> authenticates the user.
> But I need the username to use it in my php script. How can I?
> Is there any php command or variable that keeps this info?
> I searched my browser whether a cookie is created, but unfortunately there
> isn't
STFA - This comes up every couple of months or so.
http://marc.info/?w=2&r=1&s=php+auth+user&q=t
As Per indicated, it should be in $_SERVER. If memory serves
correctly, it should be something like $_SERVER['AUTH_USER'] or
$_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'].
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</Daniel P. Brown>
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