Hey everyone,
I was wondering 2 things:
Is it possible when using .htaccess to have some text say "Welcome person's name" when they log in?
and:
Do you know if there are any plans to allow use of login forms for .htaccess instead of the pop up login box? (Since microsoft recently took this option away)
Thanks in advance,
Mark
andy206uk posted this at 10:13 — 10th August 2004.
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I take it by "when using .htaccess" you mean, when using .htaccess with .htpasswd to password protect a page?
If so, yes using PHP you can get the username and password that were entered in the box using special variables which are:
$PHP_AUTH_USER$PHP_AUTH_PW
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This can then be used to retrieve the user's propername from a database,flatfile or whatever... or you could just greet them with their username...
Andyk
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Maquar posted this at 19:06 — 10th August 2004.
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Thanks Andy..Can you tell me what I would do with the code you gave me? As in: Where would I put it? How would I make it work?
I apologize but I am still a php newb!
Thanks,
Mark