Accessing values of .htaccess authentication

raindogs

This seems like a simple task, but I can't seem to find any way to do this.

I have a password-protected directory using Apache/.htaccess with a bunch of PHP files in it. I would like to be able to access the username/password info via PHP within those files. For example, I'd like to be able to print out "Hello <username>!". Is the username used by .htaccess stored in a global variable that PHP can get to, or am I just out of luck if I use this kind of authentication?

Thanks a lot,
Alex

wilku

Here's what comes first in http://www.php.net when searched in online documentation for 'http authentication':
- HTTP authentication with PHP

raindogs

Yes, I've seen that. The problem is that the HTTP authentication only works if PHP is running as an Apache module, not in the CGI version. Sadly, the server my site is running on does use the CGI version, so I'm forced to use an .htaccess file via Apache rather than PHP's HTTP authentication. I'd still really like to track at least the username, but I'm not sure it's possible.

Originally posted by wilku
Here's what comes first in http://www.php.net when searched in online documentation for 'http authentication':
- HTTP authentication with PHP