Re: Need login suggestions

Ashley M. Kirchner wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Nilesh Govindarajan [mailto:lists@itech7.com] >> Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2010 8:20 PM >> To: php-general@lists.php.net >> Subject: Re: [PHP] Need login suggestions >> >> Its a very bad idea to allow public registration for parents, instead >> the school IT department should give accounts to students and parents. > > Now, how does that answer the question? What does it matter to you how or where this is being > done? That's not what I was asking. The simple fact that I mentioned a school district in my > e-mail, you took that approach. I could've just as well mentioned a completely different > scenario. The point is, the question is about different levels of access based on a registration > process. > Ashley, I think Nilesh, (and later both Bobby & I), were just looking out for our fellow developer, with good, if not the best intentions. Consider the scenario where you are making a school district site for students and parents, and you slipped up and gave access to kids details to anybody who claimed to be a parent - I think in that scenario you'd really appreciate the gentle nudge - and we, many of us parents, wouldn't want the possibility of a hurt (or worse) child due to not speaking up ;) Regards, Nathan