Re: Is it possible.... ?

You can have PHP send the headers that .htaccess would be sending. See the manual http://php.net You could also look into mod_auth_mysql, which marries Apache and MySQL to do authentication -- no PHP involved at all. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrius Lokotash" <andrius@eol.ee> Newsgroups: php.general Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 3:21 AM Subject: [PHP] Is it possible.... ? > Hi all. > > This is simple problem but hard to solve. > > You can protect your web page using 2 basic methods; > > 1) Use .htaccess with .htpasswd > > 2) Use password request header and verify it in all subscripts > > Well my problem in short is this; > > Altho i like method 1, since it protects all content i still would need to > store all my user information in MySQL database. Method 2 is not efficent > enough, since it will protect only php files. > > Is it possible to declare .htaccess file for Apache to request password but > in addition to set verification method pointing at some php file (auth.php) > ? > > If it is possible then how to do it and what i would need? > > Thanx for you time. > > > -- > 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 >