Creating a Login/Logout

[TUnit]

Hello All,

I'm trying to do a login/logout area of the site so users can access certain areas. There will only be one username and password. What would be the best way to set that up? Thanks a lot!

[Malcolm]

If you're on an Apache or IIS server you can easily setup password protected areas on the site, its faster and just as secure as a PHP/MySQL option and will take less time, unless you're looking to have a large or growing userbase.

[webmaster]

A fast and easy way:

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<?
if(isset($_POST['B1'])) {

   $name = $_POST['name'];
   $pass = $_POST['pass'];

   if($name == "TUnit" && $pass == "123") {
      echo "THE WHOLE SITE HERE";
   }
}
?>
<form method="POST" action="<? $PHP_SELF ?>">
Username:<br/>
<input type="text" name="name"><p/>
Password:<br/>
<input type="password" name="pass"><p/>
<input type="submit" name="B1" value="LOGIN">

I haven't tested the code yet, but you get the idea.

[Malcolm]

Thats just really bad...

[TUnit]

awesome, thanks for the help!

[webmaster]

Thats just really bad...

But it will work

Do you know how it is with the security of a script like that Malcolm?

[Malcolm]

well, if someone disables the PHP module in your server all your passwords are exposed, that would suck.

[TUnit]

Another question. Would there be a similar way to do that with just some kind of script that would work with html. I just need a single username and pass that we give to clients to access our entire site. Thanks for the help.

P.S. - Would the above code that you already posted do the same thing? Thanks.

[Phate]

You can do this using a Javascript... check this site out:

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex9/password.htm

[TUnit]

Awesome, but the more I think about it. I'm using a single user & pass for each individual login (which will be a lot of pages) is there a way I can set it up where I change the user & pass in one location (perhaps a database) and it reflects to all cooresponding pages? I just don't want to go into huge setups and lengthy code. I'm sure someone can help me out! This forum has been a lot of help!