Apache login through PHP

djumaka

Hi folks!

I've been put the task:
I have a form on a page. There the user should be asked for username and password and then he should be redirected to his directory on the server, which is protected by apache's htaccess file. Anybody give me an idea how to do that, please?!

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE!

Djumaka

niclarke

Hi Djumaka,

I did a little searching and found something that might answer your question and maybe break your heart (at least using this method):

http://www.computing.net/webdevel/wwwboard/forum/286.html

Nick

Sxooter

As mad as I am at Microsoft for turning this feature off, the URL specification, RFC1738, states:

"An HTTP URL takes the form:
[url]http://[/url]<host>:<port>/<path>?<searchpart>

where <host> and <port> are as described in Section 3.1. If :<port> is omitted, the port defaults to 80. No user name or password is allowed."

So, username and password were convenient, but non-compliant features.

rfc 1738