http authentication through form

[Anon]

hi!
can anyone tell me please how to perform authentication through form so that the usual popup window asking for username and pasword won't appear? usernames and passwords are managed via .htaccess file.
thank you! /jerry.

[Anon]

i think it's pretty self-explanitory, but here goes:

you can either have two pages to do this, or one page with functions that you create. at any rate..

1st page or function:
displays the "form" containing the fields that are required for the user to log in, they fill these out and click the button.

2nd page or function:
grabs $username and $password and compares it to the appropriate line in your .htaccess. for example, open the file, get the line the info is on, store it in a variable, explode that variable and compare it with your $username and $password variables.

i think. i'm brain farting, sorry.

[Anon]

Look up the header() function.