.htaccess and forms

[Anon]

Hi,

Is there a way to login into a directory (that is protected by .htaccess) using forms?

I mean, normally, a login screen pops up, that varies from browser to browser.. What I wanted to do is to have a login screen using html forms and php, to login, and give back an customized error message (html) if the username/passwords aren't correct, not the standard "401 Authentication Error" that Apache returns.

I'd be very thankful if someone could help me out, I'm a newbie to php, you know 🙂

Robert

[drkatz]

I think (though I'm no guru) the .htaccess authorization box sets theenvironment variables $REMOTE_USER and if you set this variable directly it's the same as if the user is effectively "logged in" through htaccess (whtout using htaccess).

Annyway, enufa my blabbin', check out:
http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/3877/fid/51