Pass info to .htaccess

Hello,

How can I pass a username and password to a .htaccess file without having that dialog box appear.

The purpose of this is to make sure the user went through the correct links to get there and not by typing the URL directly.

I have tried with no luck
Header("Location: [url]http://[/url]$user:$pass@$site/$dir/$filename");

any idea's?

Thanks

Originally posted by dfr574

I have tried with no luck
Header("Location: [url]http://[/url]$user:$pass@$site/$dir/$filename");

any idea's?

Thanks

not wise to do that one. then the user/pass is in the url and if there are external links, the other sites will see that in the referring url.

check out the _SERVER array.
http://us4.php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.php#reserved.variables.server
there are 3 values that work with htaccess authentication. PHP_AUTH_USER and PHP_AUTH_PW and AUTH_TYPE

I'm sorry I'm having a very hard time understanding.

Could you please post a link with a bit more info.

Thanks

Ok thanks I got it now.
I appreciate you heading me in the right direction.

$SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'] = "username";
$SERVER['$PHP_AUTH_PW'] = "password";

header("Location: [url]http://[/url]$site/$dir/$filename");

Thanks again.