An authentication without password...

[Anon]

When I write on the location/address bar:

user:[e-mail]

considering my script has the PHP code:

header ('WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="anything"')

It will be understood that I'm being authenticated as the user "user" with the password "pass". Ok! Is it possible to send a message through the browser in which I have only:

[e-mail]

writen on the location/address bar, meaning I am the user "user" without a password? In my case I don't want to check my client's authenticity... only recognize them... without pop up dialog boxes, without a very long URL... I just want something to be written on the address bar that allows my script to identify the user and set up the page designated for him... PLEASE I NEED IMMEDIATE HELP!!! Thanks folks.

[Anon]

start with a cookie ... that'll cover this in almost all cases these days.

[Anon]

Well, you can do that differently :

http://www.mysite.com/my.php?n=username

where "username" is the name of your client

that way, your script can detect the name
and take the client to his private place
where things have been set up for him.

[Anon]

Thanx, folks...

But it seems to me what I wanted is kind of impossible for now... Anyways I'm using Herves idea along with .htaccess and rewrite to produce short URLs, such as:

www.mysite.com/username

Thanks for the colaboration, neuro fellas!