Extracting userid / pword

Anon

We are all familiar with that dialog box that pops up when you have directory protections set, correct? I believe this is a UNIX thingy.

Is there any way to extract the user name or password from the box? Since it normally sits between the user and the first PHP script to run, are those part of $HTTP_POST_VARS or what?

Anon

$PHP_AUTH_USER
$PHP_AUTH_PW

Anon

Thanks, that works just fine.

I tried using get_current_user() but that didn't work. PHP seems to lack any common sense at times in how functions are named.

Anon

get_current_user() makes sense if you have background in C programming under a unix environment. However, I agree to what you said. Especially in the string functions -- there are so many inconsitancies. Every time I use a string function (substr, str_replace, strpos, etc) I have to go back to the manual and check what the order of the functions is because there is no set pattern (presumably due to the fact that it is open source and some of these functions were written by different people with different coding styles).

Anon

I gave up long ago on trying to remember function parameter lists, except for the more simple ones, let gets() :-)

Trying to bring order out of chaos should be the goal of every programmer, IMHO, even if the mad professors seem to be running things. But I think some of us just don't care.

I've have often been called in and asked to clean up, or otherwise interpret a mess another programmer left behind. Usually it is management's fault too, as they rush to push stuff out the door. Their motto seems to be, "There's never time to do it right. But there's always time to do it over."

Personally, I refuse to look at code anymore, unless it is clearly documented and the author knows basic English. The samples that begin with, "Just look at my code, you'll figure it out!" go in the circular file immediately. I don't have time to "figure it out." If I did, I'd just write it myself :-)