Can anyone help me out.

[Anon]

I have a directory password protected with a .htaccess file (needs to stay that way so anything in the directory is protected even non PHP files)

I have a index.php file in that directory. I need that PHP file to know what the username and password that the user entered is (the username/ password was handled by the .htaccess file)

I can modify both the PHP file and the .htaccess file to accomplish this task. Does anyone know how to let the PHP file know what the .htaccess file recieved as a username and password? Tried PHP_AUTH_USER and AUTH_USER and that didn't work (or so I think).

Can anyone give me a simple solution with an example if possible? Thanks a ton, I am new to PHP.

[Anon]

$REMOTE_USER gives the username. If you also need the password (usually you don't), it's a bit more complicated.

[Anon]

How would I get the password?

[Anon]

Check this out :

http://www.php.net/manual/html/features.http-auth.html

It shows you how to get the username and password in some functional examples.

Good luck!