retreiving htaccess values

middleman666

hey people,

im simply trying to echo the username inputted into a htaccess dialog box.
im using this:

<?php
$User = $_SERVER["PHP_AUTH_USER"];
echo $User;
?>

but that doesn't seem to be collecting any information.
can anyone show me where im going wrong?

many thanks,

devinemke

are you perhaps running PHP as a CGI process? PHP_AUTH_USER and PHP_AUTH_PW will only be set if you are running PHP as a server module.

middleman666

the server its on isnt mine, but i dont think they're running php as a cgi process.

maybe this will help in solving my problem, this is whats in the htaccess file in the protected directory:


AuthType Basic

AuthName "Administration"

AuthUserFile "/home/name/.htpasswds/sites/1/2/3/passwd"


require valid-user

then in the directory its pointing to is this:


username: password (replacing username and password with an actual user and password )

I set this up using the control panel that the server provided, do you think i should have created my own htaccess with the htpass file in the same directory and with a htgroup file?

thanks for your reply.

devinemke

middleman666 wrote:
the server its on isnt mine, but i dont think they're running php as a cgi process.

why bother to just guess, find out for yourself by inspecting the output from [man]phpinfo[/man]

middleman666

ok, didnt relise i could do that.
im guessing its the SERVER API value... which for me is CGI... dam.

dont suppose theres any way around this? without begging the server company to change everything just for me.

suppose i should stop being lazy and actualy incorporate user authentication.

bradgrafelman

middleman666 wrote:
suppose i should stop being lazy and actualy incorporate user authentication.

There's the best answer I can give you. 😉