Password Protection screen

Anon

Hiya people, I am trying to create a password protection screen, just a simple one where a username and password is put into the screen then if correct they go to the proper location otherwise it says Password denied please try again etc. I dont have a clue where to start, please, please, please could someone help, many thanks

Jon Days

Anon

If you just want to protect a folder and all folders under that one you can user HTACCESS Protection. Mail me and 'll tell you exacly how to do it....

regards ali

Anon

otherwise, e.g. for only one songle folder you can use Simple JavaScript "Protection"... But this would not be as safe as using htaccess...

make up your mind and mail me, if you still neeed help.

regards ali

hl_tan

Hi Jon,

I almost wanted to go back to bed for a good sleep, but when I saw your question, and the answers you received, I felt that I got something to share with you.

First of all, you can use a MySQL to create a user table. This table contains username and password. Then, use PHP to connect to this MySQL database, and use the following code on the webpage (named index.php):

<?php
function print_form() {
?>
<CENTER>
<FORM ACTION="index.php" METHOD="POST">
<TABLE WIDTH="257" HEIGHT="100" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" BORDER="0">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="257" HEIGHT="75" COLSPAN="2" VALIGN="CENTER" ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="../logo.gif" BORDER="0"></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="25">User Name
</TD>
<TD WIDTH="157" HEIGHT="25"><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="user_name">
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="CENTER" ALIGN="LEFT">
<TD WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="25">Password
</TD>
<TD WIDTH="157" HEIGHT="25"><INPUT TYPE="password" NAME="password">
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<INPUT TYPE="submit" NAME="submit" value="Login">
</FORM>
</CENTER>
<?
}

if(isset($submit)):
if(!$db = mysql_connect("localhost","root")):
print("<h1>Can't Connect to the DB!</h1>\n");
else:
mysql_select_db("mydb", $db);
endif;
$sql = "select * from users where user_name = '$user_name'";
$result = mysql_query($sql);
$row_count = mysql_num_rows($result);
if($row_count == 0):
print_form();
?>
<CENTER><h3>Wrong User Name! Try Again</h3></CENTER>
<?

else:
  $row = mysql_fetch_array($result);
  if($password != $row["user_password"]):
    print_form();
	?>
    <CENTER><h3>Incorrect Password! Try Again</h3></CENTER>
    <?

  else:
	?>
    <CENTER><h3>RIGHT Password!</h3></CENTER>		
	<?
  endif;
endif;

else:
print_form();
endif;
?>

If you get this correct, you can used this as a password protecton screen.