PHP addUser question

tipalm

I am not sure if this is a newb question or not.

In v2.0 of the site I am making I would like to have a new user to get his own "web space", that could be reached via mywebsite.com/user(really Id like the login to refer them to that path and restrict them to it). I know I can make new dir associated with the user with adduser commands, but I need it to happen via PHP. Right now I am running Ubuntu/Apache/MySql/PHP and a new user gets his user name and pw in the MySql db..I need it to all link to his "space" on the server.

I would also need some sort of script run when the user was created to build the structure the users directory but I think I could manage that with shell_exec.

Any tips advice pointers?

Thanks in advance!

bpat1434

Are you using a mySQL database for user authentication? If so, would it not be easier to create a folder called "users" and in that a group of folders, one for each user. Then just edit the root .htaccess file so that urls like sitename.com/~{user} redirects to sitename.com/users/{user}.

Then it's just a matter of running the proper shell commands to add the user (and pass) to the ftp server so they can upload files. An alternative to this is to make them use a web FTP interface 😉

tipalm

bpat1434 wrote:
Are you using a mySQL database for user authentication? If so, would it not be easier to create a folder called "users" and in that a group of folders, one for each user. Then just edit the root .htaccess file so that urls like sitename.com/~{user} redirects to sitename.com/users/{user}.

Then it's just a matter of running the proper shell commands to add the user (and pass) to the ftp server so they can upload files. An alternative to this is to make them use a web FTP interface 😉

Yes yes yes!

Thanks this is what I had hoped to get some fresh ideas.