[RESOLVED] blocking web browsers

[altrasurfer]

Hi all, I'm trying to figure out how to block all web browsers from trying to access a file. I dont want to block all IP addressed except mine to view it. From what I understand, browser agent might work but I don't know how since I just started PHP.
Thanks in advance

[johanafm]

altrasurfer;10983402 wrote:

From what I understand, browser agent might work but I don't know how since I just started PHP.

No it won't. The browser agent string is nothing but a string literal which a browser may or may not send. Some browsers let you set this yourself, and with very little programming knowledge, it's easy to create your own request specifying any browser agent string you like.

altrasurfer;10983402 wrote:

I dont want to block all IP addressed except mine to view it.

Why not? This seems like an excellent approach to doing it, at least if you have a static ip.

altrasurfer;10983402 wrote:

Hi all, I'm trying to figure out how to block all web browsers from trying to access a file.

If you don't want to block all but your own IP, then I suggest you create an authentication system. That is, you use sessions and require a user to log in to access anything other than the login page / or whatever file(s) you want to protect.

[cretaceous]

wouldn't an htaccess entry be the answer?
http://corz.org/serv/tricks/htaccess.php#section-control_and_deny_access

[altrasurfer]

The reason why im trying to block web browsers is because i have a program that uses the MySql database login system. The program is a file downloader for things i have made, i dont want anyone trying to crack or bypass the system so im trying to add extra protection. Thats why i dont want to block all ips.

I am manually entering the usernames and passwords so i guess i can make a registration page that would grab the users ip address so i could use htaccess entry.