username/pwd protection

[gangsterwanster1]

Whats the best way in html to store pwds /securest? (obviously not including a database)

[trq]

html can't do any such thing. It is a markup language, not a programming language.

[gangsterwanster1]

html can't do any such thing. It is a markup language, not a programming language.

What about PHP, but without a database?

[Axeia]

Safest way would be to always access it via an include and locate the file itself outside of your webdirectory and do something to the passwords themselves like a salted md5 hash

[Goafer]

well depends how many ppl you want to be able to login.  If it's just for 1-2 admin users or something you can easily store the correct username/password in a php file:

<?php

$user = "some";

$pass = md5("thing");

?>

or similar and the access file fopen()/include().

 

If it's for more people you could store in an xml file maybe and access with AJAX?

[trq]

html can't do any such thing. It is a markup language, not a programming language.

What about PHP, but without a database?

 

Um, this is the HTML Help board.

[gangsterwanster1]

Safest way would be to always access it via an include and locate the file itself outside of your webdirectory and do something to the passwords themselves like a salted md5 hash

 

Ok, i have another question.

 

So say i make a php installer where the user picks his or her username, then the installer writes the hashed pwd in members.html, what should i do so that my code below reads members.html (where the hashes pwd / user is) and login based on those credentials?

<table width="300" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" bgcolor="#CCCCCC">
<tr>
<form name="form1" method="post" action="checklogin.php">
<td>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<tr>
<td colspan="3"><strong>Member Login </strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="78">Username</td>
<td width="6">:</td>
<td width="294"><input name="myusername" type="text" id="myusername"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Password</td>
<td>:</td>
<td><input name="mypassword" type="text" id="mypassword"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td><input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Login"></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</form>
</tr>
</table>

 

[Goafer]

you can't with HTML, that is PHP or another programming language as pointed out before.

Hence i'd suggest taking this question to the PHP help rather than HTML

[DarkSuperHero]

you best start reading up on some PHP tutorials... :-) It'll help you in the long run mate! and then you can post any question in the PHP Help section of the forum, where it gets more views anyways! :-)

 

Cheers!

[TheFilmGod]

The safest way to store passwords in an html page is to use a php session to keep the password saved, but to show ** in the html.