Re: Authentication
| From: | php3 at developersdesk dot com | Date: | Tue, 04 Jul 2000 20:59:49 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Authentication | ||
| Groups: | php.general | ||
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Addressed to: Frederic.Lhoest@afrilink.net
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** Reply to note from Frederic.Lhoest@afrilink.net Tue, 04 Jul 2000 15:57:47 +0200
>
> Hi to all,
>
> I'm trying to catch the user name and the password of the user logged
> in with http authentication from the webserver ... how can I do that
> ... I heard about $PHP_AUTH_USER and $PHP_AUTH_PASS but these
> variable seems to be unset or empty ...
>
If Apache is doing the password verification, you can't. The password
is between the viewer and Apache. You can get the user name from
$REMOTE_USER, but the password is not forwarded to PHP.
If Apache is handling the password why do you need to see it?
Rick Widmer
Internet Marketing Specialists
www.developersdesk.com