HTTP Auth

[rtown]

Hey all...
need to make a popup login, not a login form (don't ask, I know I know). just learning the in's and out's and I was directed towards HTTP Authentication, now I was told that you need your Server API set to a PHP module and not CGI, is this correct? Cause I have a basic script that "should" check for variables that would determine an existing signin and if not popup the window, but to no avail, it just spits out the error message that I have for non-authorized users😕 Is this true about the Server API, and if not any ideas what could be the matter, or other ways around this to appease my "tunnel visioned boss" and create a popup login and be able to query a database for the user info (username/password)??

[EviL_CodE]

Try this;

http://www.apacheweek.com/features/userauth

[rtown]

thanks, I'll check it out and let you know how it goes...

[rtown]

a lot of that seems server side, I am paritally familiar with that, although right now the co. that I am with uses an outside host and those files that need to be configured, I don't have access to them. if I could get them to review that article and make the necessary changes for me, I could be one step closer. if I got that done, is there any other tricks invovled when it comes to using MySQL with that, or would the PHP/MySQL code pretty much be the same as a normal validation script??