Re: php frontend to apache auth

In article <04b801bfeac5$8898b7b0$c8d326cb@uglypunk>, kingsley@wintronics.com.au ("Kingsley Foreman") wrote: > im looking for a script or command using php4 that will work as > a front end to apache auth > > I dont want the dialog box to pop up when entering a users zone on a site > i want a page where you type in ur username and password and it then parses > you into the users zone By definition, that popup box will go with HTTP Authentication: The browser and server are hard-coded to communicate the information and behave in that manner for HTTP Authentication. You *can* build an HTML login page, and write PHP code to duplicate most of the work of HTTP Authentication, but you won't be doing HTTP Authentication any more: You'll be doing "roll-your-own" login. There are innumerable samples/packages of PHP code to do this out there. PHPLIB is one. -- Richard Lynch | If this was worth $$$ to you, buy a CD US Customer Support Director | from one of the artists listed here: Zend Technologies USA | http://www.L-I-E.com/artists.htm http://www.zend.com | (this has nothing to do with Zend, duh!)