[RESOLVED] login page using php

[bbqman]

Can someone tell me if this is possible using a php page and not using a MySql database? I want to have the client go to a login page and enter their username and password. There are 3 different clients. If they enter the correct username and password they will be ridirected to their individual catalog page, if not they will go to a permission denied page. The code below is not the correct syntax but I hope it gets my idea across.

if(username1 = "correct1" and password1 = "password1"){
goto username1 catalog page
}
if(username2 = "correct2" and password2 = "password2"){
goto username2 catalog page
}
if(username3 = "correct3" and password1 = "password3"){
goto username3 catalog page
}} else {
go to You do not have permission page.

Thanks

[glcarlstrom]

Would that work? Yeah... I wouldn't advise storing the cleartext passwords in the PHP file, as that's a bit of a security risk.

At the very least, you should store the passwords as ciphertext; then encrypt the user-entered password using the same algorithm, and match that against the stored ciphertext.

But there's no reason why that code wouldn't work -- assume you're requesting the user's name/password via a login form?

[thorpe]

switch ($_POST'username']) {
  case 'user1':
    if ($_POST['userpass'] == 'pass1') {
      header('Location : user1.php');
    }
    break;
  case 'user2':
    if ($_POST['userpass'] == 'pass2') {
      header('Location : user2.php');
    }
    break;
  case 'user3':
    if ($_POST['userpass'] == 'pass3') {
      header('Location : user3.php');
    }
    break;
  default:
    header('Location : noauth.php');
}

just change user1 and pass1 etc etc...