htaccess & php

Hi My question is that i am about to start a database and i have been asked to make the login/password like htaccess, now they also want to be able to modify passwords ect.... so i was going to do it with mysql. I have seen or been told that there is something where you can use sql/php

and      make it use something that look like htaccess but is not.

is this true? if so where would i start looking for something along these lines.. Answers/Comments welcome ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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