Redirection with UserName and Password

[leon_zilber]

Hi,

I am having problems trying to redirect from php code to the another html file with username and a password as parameters.

Basically, I authenticate with a certificate at one place, so when I obtain username and password I would like to redirect to an html form to automatically fill-in UserName and password input fields.

I know to use Header(URL) to redirect, but how do I send username and password and automatically put those values in the input fields on the form?

Thank you very much,
Leon

[Anon]

header("location: index.php?username=name&password=pass");

Its not very secure as the username and password appears in the address bar of the browser. You could encrypt or scramble the password.
A better way is to use a session variable or a cookie.

You form would be

<FORM action="some.cgi" method="post">

name:
<INPUT type="text" size=30 name="uname" value="<? echo $username; ?>">
<P>
password:
<INPUT type="password" size=30 name="passwd" value="<? echo $password; ?>">
<P>

<INPUT type="submit" Value="login">
</FORM>