Quick Question [PHP/.htaccess]

[Arjun]

Hola peoples:

I have a question for ... someone .

So here's the dealio:

I have a directory protected by .htaccess and I was wondering if there was any way which I could, on the index (PHP) page, show, "Welcome, <username> (Full.Name)." somewhere on the page using PHP or JavaScript (or actually anything that would serve the function properly).

Could someone please help me?

Thanks

[Charles Stover]

If the directory is protected by .htaccess, they won't be able to read the index.html file.
Perhaps use mod_rewrite to redirect anybody that attempts to access /directory/ to directory-error.html

[Arjun]

I'm aware, but for people who are assigned a username and password to the protected directory, is it not possible to use the, "Welcome. You are authorized as <username> (FullName)?"

I want certain people to be able to access /directory/ using a username and password, but once they log in, I'd like it to show "Welcome. You are authorized as <username> (FullName)."

[Charles Stover]

Okay, I see. For login-protected directories. I was thinking directories that couldn't be accessed at all.
You could use the PHP variables $_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'] and $_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_PW'].

I'd strength-test it strenuously, to make sure people can't access it with invalid information, though. The only work I've done with such password-protected files wasn't exactly the "normal" use of them, so I had some strange side-effects, like people without valid login information loading the page. I'm not sure if that's just a feature of protected files or if it was a side effect of my screwing with the feature, so be sure to try all types of logins (valid, invalid with login, valid username with invalid password, cancelled login).

To debug, I mostly just did print_r($_SERVER) and read what was set for the user/pass each time, until I realized how it was functioning. But hopefully you won't have any of these problems. >_<

[Arjun]

Thanks . I'll try it out.