manage users in server

[griznik]

Hi.

I am new to both the forum and php. I am looking for some tips/guidance as to what I should do create a web pages to do the following:

a) a session based ID - hopefully this is a good idea for security(?)
b) browse back to your file system to select folders or files to upload to a central location
c) create/delete other users and groups and assign them privleges/rights to add other users or groups
d) allow authorised users to create/delete folders or modify permissions to files/folders

I think that about covers it.

Thanks for any ideas or tips that may come this way.

[rachel2004]

Your ideas are doable. The PHP manual has a good section covering sessions to cover your first bullet.

www.php.net/session

Bullet b is a combination of HTML for browsing/selecting files for upload and then managing those files once they're on your server. If you look at the sample code provided at the following link, you should have a good grasp of the basics:

www.php.net/features.file-upload

Bullets c and d are somewhat dependent on what you're doing to control access. If you're using a backend database where you've assigned some sort of "user priviliges" scale (1 is a superuser, 2 is a power user, 3 is a subscriber, 4 is anonymous, etc.), then it should just be a matter of a user logging in to the site, a check is done of his privileges during the login process, a session is started and his username and privilege level is registered, and he can surf to the "admin" pages where he can add/modify/delete users IF his username/priviliges are equal to or greater than what is needed to be at those pages.

If you get a good grasp on sessions, bullets c and d will be quite obtainable.

Here is a good online article re: PHP & MySQL:

http://www.sitepoint.com/article/driven-website-php-amp-mysql