password protect a directory

[Anon]

Does anyoen know of a script that will password protect a directory without using .htaccess which my server is not allowing at the moment. Thank in advance for any replies

Regards,
Dave

[Anon]

You can't protect a webserver with a script without .htaccess.

A workaround could be to use temporary directories that have random names and only exist for as long as the user is browsing your site.

[Anon]

Correction, you can protect directories with a script if you make a script that is called to parse the URL in the first place, as done in the column: "making you dynamic websites with searchengines in mind"

http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/tim19990117.php3

But this requires access to the webserver's access.conf, which I guess is not available for you either.