Ave, Steve, I did a phpinfo() on my webhost and as it turns out, they are using a CGI binary version, much to my surprise and dismay.
Anyhow... Do I have any alternatives for an http authentication kind of authentication ? Thanks, Rahul S. Johari Coordinator, Internet & Administration Informed Marketing Services Inc. 251 River Street Troy, NY 12180 Tel: (518) 266-0909 x154 Fax: (518) 266-0909 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.informed-sources.com On 12/6/05 9:50 AM, "Steve McGill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Rahul, > > Try doing a print_r($_SERVER) to see if the variables are being set. > > If they aren't, take a look at the phpinfo(); -> chances are your host is > using a CGI binary version of PHP to use together with a security wrapper > like suPHP or phpSuExec, which might throw away the variables that you > require. > > Steve > > ""Rahul S. Johari"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in bericht > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Ave, > > I¹m trying to run this very simple HTTP user authentication script: > > <?php > if (!isset($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'])) { > header('WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="Private"'); > header('HTTP/1.0 401 Unauthorized'); > echo 'Unauthorized'; > exit; > } else { > > if(($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER']=="try") && > ($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_PW']=="try")) { > ?> > > <HTML> > <HEAD></HEAD> > <BODY> > My Stuff Goes Here! > </BODY> > </HTML> > > > <? > } > else { > echo "Access Denied"; > } > } > ?> > > The problem is, this script runs perfectly fine on my localhost machine at > home, however it¹s not working on my web server (purchased webhosting). When > I open this page on my web site, it does bring up the popup box asking for > Username & Password the problem is, even if I type the correct user/pass, > it won¹t accept it. It keeps asking me for user/pass again and again and > finally brings up the ³Unauthorized² text on the page. > > Why won¹t it allow the correct user/pass to login? I don¹t understand. > > The only difference between the PHP on my localhost and the PHP on my > webhost server is that my local machine is running PHP 5 and the webhost > server is running PHP 4.4.1 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
