.htaccess login

[Anon]

Does anyone know how to take data from a form input and have it supply the username and password needed for a .htaccess login on a protected directory?

I saw an example of this somewhere but can't find it anymore.

Thanks.

[emcb_php]

Hi,

Yes you can do this using the system() function. You will need to ask your host for the path to htpasswd and you would run something like this to add a user:

<?php

system("/path/to/htpasswd user pass");

?>

Im not quite sure on the exact args get the right info from your host/admin.

Elfyn

[Anon]

Doesn't that just add a user to the password file?

I want to enable browser access to a password protected directory by passing the username and password to the server without having the pop-up login box display.

Elfyn McBratney wrote:

Hi,

Yes you can do this using the system() function. You will need to ask your host for the path to htpasswd and you would run something like this to add a user:

<?php

system("/path/to/htpasswd user pass");

?>

Im not quite sure on the exact args get the right info from your host/admin.

Elfyn