> Just one question, is there any way that when a person logs in via the
> htaccess popup that i can know via my php script...and can i also get
> his
> username?
Protect the directory you want with .htaccess
If authentication was successful, your code in index.php is executed:
if($REMOTE_USER=="bill") {echo "welcome Bill!";}
if($REMOTE_USER=="hillary") {echo "welcome Hillary!";}
> John Holmes, you really think you are being of any help writin':
> <<
> Have you read the chapter on HTTP Authentication? No. Read the very
> first paragraph:
>
> "The HTTP Authentication hooks in PHP are only available when it is
> running as an Apache module and is hence not available in the CGI
> version. In an Apache module PHP script, it is possible to use the
> header() function to send an "Authentication Required" message to the
> client browser causing it to pop up a Username/Password input window.
> Once the user has filled in a username and a password, the URL
> containing the PHP script will be called again with the predefined
> variables PHP_AUTH_USER, PHP_AUTH_PW, and AUTH_TYPE set to the user
> name, password and authentication type respectively. These predefined
> variables are found in the $_SERVER and $HTTP_SERVER_VARS arrays. Only
> "Basic" authentication is supported. See the header() function for more
> information."
>
> You're welcome.
>
> ---John Holmes...
> >>
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