RE: [PHP] Forcing htaccess login again

The request for a password is usually generated by a 401 header. Just do this - Header("WWW-authenticate: basic realm=\"Some realm\""); Header("HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized"); exit; That should pop up a box. Just make sure you check the values of $PHP_AUTH_USER/PW first before presenting those headers. This is more of an http question then it is a php question, I strongly advise you to read and understand the HTTP/1.1 rfc - it can be found at http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2616.html (See chapter 10.4.2 for the documentation of the 401 header) Regards, Sander > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Aitken [mailto:chris@ideal.net.au] > Sent: 27 February 2001 00:12 > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] Forcing htaccess login again > > > Now im even getting more confused. Ive been doing some more research into > the subject, and cant seem to find any answers. > > All of the PHP documentation about headers() talks about auth via > PHP, but > doesnt mention anything about htaccess as the auth system. > > On my main.php screen, this is where the cookie gets set once the > user logs > in with htaccess. What im trying to do is incorporate a section into > (possibly) main.php which forces the htaccess to rerequest login again > using my .htpasswd password file as the criteria. > > Is there some sort of header information which will make the > webserver turn > around and say..... "Hey, you shouldnt be here anymore, login again and I > might think about letting you in" > > Because once I can get the user logging in again, it will go to > the rest of > main.php and unset/reset the cookie with the new user. > > > Scratching my head. > > > > Chris > > > -- > 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 > >