htaccess and PHP

[DaveTMN]

Yo!

Is there a mean to access files in a protected dir (.htaccess from Apache server) without having a popup asking login/pwd on the screen... ?

I'd prefer a HTML form to enter this data...

Moreover, as I already ask a password for sessions on my site, I don't want the user to be asked for another password.
It is not a pb to match both .htpasswd file and the content of my database... The problem is : how prevent the browser to ask for this password, since I already have it in my PHP session variables...
How can I give this data to Apache server?

[devinemke]

if you are writing your own authentication routine in PHP then you could simply skip the htaccess protection