How can I pre-fill username using HTTP auth?

[moufflon]

I know how to set up authentication using header() etc, but I want to know if it's possible to pre-fill the username field. I can't find any info anywhere, but I'm sure I've seen it done on some sites.
Anyone help?

[piersk]

I dont think its possible to fill in the boxes in the pop up window, but you can automatically log in by doing this:

http://username:[e-mail]/secret/directory

[bastien]

use a cookie to set the username. when the user first registers set a cookie with the username as one of the values. then when the user logs back into the site have the page with the login check for the existance of the cookie (some users may not want to accept cookies and therefore can not use this functionality) if the cookie is there, read the value of the username and show this back on the page with the login as the username, leaving only the password to be filled in.

hth