26718You can do authentication on a page by page basishttp://www.php-scripts.com/php_diary/071300.php3One cool thing about php is that you can fairly easily validate users before displaying content on a page by page basis. Let's say you don't want to restrict the entire directory using htaccess, this is a neat alternative. Let's create a login system using PHP and mySQL. First we need to create the table that holds our user data. We're going to have 3 fields, logged, which will keep track of the last time a person logged in to the page, user and pass which will be the username and password respectively. Using Telnet you can simply cut and paste this into your mySQL monitor. If you need help with how to log into the mySQL monitor then see the diary entry on connecting to mySQL.PHP > Tips and Tutorials > User AuthenticationOct 16, 2006
First you will use a form to pass the $pw variable to the php script. When entering passwords into forms it is a good idea to use the "password" input box instead of the "text" one, so that as you type there are asterisks in place of the input. Something like this will work fine:
Most interactive websites nowadays would require a user to log in into the website?s system in order to provide a customized experience for the user. Once the user has logged in, the website will be able to provide a presentation that is tailored to the user?s preferences.
One cool thing about php is that you can fairly easily validate users before displaying content on a page by page basis. Let's say you don't want to restrict the entire directory using htaccess, this is a neat alternative. Let's create a login system using PHP and mySQL. First we need to create the table that holds our user data. We're going to have 3 fields, logged, which will keep track of the last time a person logged in to the page, user and pass which will be the username and password respectively. Using Telnet you can simply cut and paste this into your mySQL monitor. If you need help with how to log into the mySQL monitor then see the diary entry on connecting to mySQL.
You can now easily implement password-protected pages to protect folders in your web site. Use these password protected directories to sell downloadable products or provide premium access to members. In this password protection tutorial, we will explain how to create access authorization using only FTP. This will be helpful to most webmasters who want to create authentication files but who do not have SSH or Telnet access. Unfortunately, most of the restricted access tutorials assume that the webmaster can use SSH or Telnet, which of course, is not true. Now you can sell your software, documents, images or music online. You can easily protect files and directories that require the use of a username and password, and you don't have to be a computer programmer to do it!
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