I'd like to do what phpBB uses for session management and user logins. They have a heap table in MySQL that stores user login status. I don't want to use PHP4's session management because 1) it uses flat files to store the info, 2) it isn't persistant if the user closes the window.
What I would like is something like vBulletin's or phpBB's session management, where a user can have the site remember their login status. I also need different access levels for users (admin, regular user, etc)
I'm not sure how to implement such a thing. I thought PHPBuilder had an article on such a thing, but I can't seem to find it in the Articles section.
Any help is much appreciated.