GoodGuy201 Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Hi, I'm trying to use the database of another website to authenticate users in my website. This way the users at the other websites won't have to register at my website, all I would need to do is verify their name and password using the other website's database. Is this possible, and if so where do I begin to work on it. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/20273-link-to-remote-database/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 you connect to it the same way as you connect to your own, except for instead of using 'localhost' you would use the target host's name instead. This does involve having a valid database name, username and password, along with knowing the table and fieldnames for that database, for that other site though.. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/20273-link-to-remote-database/#findComment-89228 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilsim89 Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 He's right,If you mean you want to authenticate your users with google for example,forget it. But if want to use another site that you own or have administratoraccess to, that should work fine with the method posted earlier.If your looking for a site to unify your log-ins, I remember reading of anopen source project, which was rather mature, that 'unified' the way siteslogged users on. I'm sure, if this is the route you want to take, you couldfind the project via google or sf.net.Hope that helps. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/20273-link-to-remote-database/#findComment-89241 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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