htaccess and PHP in general

I have a client that wants to use htaccess for verification and authentication into certain areas of a web site. I suggested to use a combination of PHP/MySQL to get the jobs done. it makes my life easier and reduces low-level administration tasks on his part letting me bundle all the administrative tasks into one neat PHP application. Rather then administer qmail and htaccess access via text files or however they do it. Does anyone have any good insight on what they think would be best? I don't know alot about htaccess, so its a little foreign to me. But a PHP/MySQL authentication system seems as secure and far far more salable to both my abilities and his needs. Any thoughts? Matt Babineau Freelance Internet Developer ----------------------------------------- e: <mailto:matt@criticalcode.com> matt@criticalcode.com p: 603.943.4237 w: <http://www.criticalcode.com/> http://www.criticalcode.com PO BOX 601 Manchester, NH 03105