Re: Re: Authentication Options: Was AddType x-httpd-php ...

Well, your the expert, so I'll look into this further, but do you have any statistics, or a guess, as to the load auto_prepending an entire site would add to a server? I've always been under the impression that adding PHP to every page will add significant load. I'm not familiar enough with session management, but it seems like your setup would add a heavy load? Currently, only a small portion of our pages are PHP -- those linking into databases and covering the front end negotiation. Again, your the expert, so I'll just have to do some research. Thanks for the suggestion. Jeff Fred wrote: > > I always write my own authentication scripts in PHP using PHP's built in > session management. If you want to protect entire directories or sites, > just add the authentication routine to your auto_prepend file and it will > work for any page you are trying to authenticate. > > If set up correctly it works really well, because a user can enter the site > from any page (perhaps from a bookmark) and if they are not logged in they > will get a login prompt and once logged in will go directly to whatever page > they were trying to access. > > Furthermore, if you write your own authentication script for use in > auto_prepended files, you can use it with little or no modification on any > site you desire. > > Fred