Re: php and authentication

You can't use PHP's built-in HTTP authentication with the CGI version of PHP. -Rasmus On Sat, 22 Jul 2000, James Brash wrote: > > Hi, on the php site, there is an example of php using a dialogue box for > username / passwords. When I run this script I get an internal server error, > and Apache says the error is : > > [Fri Jul 21 15:14:25 2000] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] malformed header from > script. Bad header=HTTP/1.0 401 Unauthorised: c:/php4/php.exe > > here is the header of the script I am using : > > if (!isset($PHP_AUTH_USER)) { > header('WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="Whatever"'); > header('HTTP/1.0 401 Unathorized'); > echo 'Authorization Required'; > exit; > } > > header('HTTP/1.0 401 Unathorized'); - this is the part of the script that is > giving me problems, without it the script works and displays Authorisation > Required, but no dialogue box appears. Thanks if you can help me, if you > cant help could you direct me somewhere where I can find the answer ? Thanks > alot for you help. > > James > >