The 1st is accessed using standard variables - if you write a form with a user name box called user < input type = text name="user" > then :
$_POST["user"] or $HTTP_POST_VARS["user"] in older versions of PHP.
If you mean the password protection is done by authenticating the user by the web server in .htaccess file, then the syntax is different - try printing the value of
$HTTP_AUTH_USER
I haven't tried this on PHP > 4.2.0, but it might now be called $_SERVER["AUTH_USER"]
Don't quote me on the last one but it may well work.
To make an .htaccess authentication work, you need also to *generate* 2 files - one called .htusers which contains a list of users, and encrypted passwords which will be accepted, then make a .htaccess file which points to the .htusers file. In .htaccess, there needs to be a line which says
AuthUserFile /wwwroot/htdocs/mydirectory/.htusers
Put the path to where you store this file instead.
You *will* definitely need to read the server (apache?) documentation to do this. Come back to the list if you have problems - I have the docs somewhere but I'm rebuilding my system right now.
Hope that helps
Neil Smith.
At 22:15 15/11/2002 +0000, you wrote:
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "Rui Monteiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 22:43:07 -0000 Subject: php - login and passwordI must say that I'm new at this php world. There are some web sites that when you enter a page, a pop-up windows appears requesting a login and password. How can I make a form in php (login page) that searches for the login and password of the page that is requested? I really don't know where the file containing the login or password is stored, but I suppose theres is a rule where to be hold up. Thank you, Rui Monteiro
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