php and pre-defined user passwords for protected sub-domain

willsteele

I've got my php on a site that allows easy subdomain protection. What I am after is the ability to have a user registration that gives some folks (non paying subscribers) the ability to sign up for one area of the protected domains. I also plan to give users user accounts with names and various basic information. Other uses who pay for certain products, will need to receive confirmation and authorization upon receipt of PayPal payments. This is not a simple 1, 2, 3 process, but I am looking for a general idea on how to deal with the two tier password issue.
Thanks,

Will

Kudose

Give the users permissions.

i.e.

USERS
+------------------------
+ uid | uname | ulvl
+------------------------

1 | travis | 2
2 | demo | 1
3 | locked | 0

Users with a different ulvl get different access. You can require that a user have a ulvl of 1 or greater to view page A, while they must have a ulvl of 2 or greater for page B. A ulvl of 0 means deactive user.

With this method it takes a bit of planning, but it works.

willsteele

Can I do this sort of command line work via MySQL Admin?

Kudose

Actually, it will be a table that holds the users and the permissions, so you dont need CLI access. You can just manipulate the table via phpMyAdmin or whatever GUI you use.