http authentication

[dkintheuk]

Hi there,

I want to add a protected directory to my website with some images in but when i do so, the php pages i write (or html for that matter) that reference that directory always fail to show the images.

I found a http authentication script on the php.net site

<?php

/* Access Configuration */
define ('x401_host', 'www.example.com');
define ('x401_port', 80);
define ('x401_user', 'your_username');
define ('x401_pass', 'your_password');

/* Function */
function get401Page($file) {
   $out  = "GET $file HTTP/1.1\r\n";
   $out .= "Host: ".x401_host."t\r\n";
   $out .= "Connection: Close\r\n";
   $out .= "Authorization: Basic ".base64_encode(x401_user.":".x401_pass)."\r\n";
   $out .= "\r\n";

   if (!$conex = @fsockopen(x401_host, x401_port, $errno, $errstr, 10))
       return 0;
   fwrite($conex, $out);
   $data = '';
   while (!feof($conex)) {
       $data .= fgets($conex, 512);
   }
   fclose($conex);
   return $data;
}

/* Code */
if ($source = get401Page('/absolute/path/file.php?get=value')) {
  echo $source;
} else {
  echo "I can't connect!";
}

?>

It's fine - sort of - i have no idea how to integrate that into a page...

Any help appreciated...

[dkintheuk]

I was perhaps a little bit rubbish in asking the question.

I want to integrate this into a script that walks through a file set and displays it as a gallery. The files are protected with htaccess etc. so when a visitor goes to the page that tries to run the php script that refers to the images, it asks for the username and password.

Can i use or rather adapt the script in my first message to log in to the protected directory for me and then happily display the files without resorting to giving passwords out???