Password protect a certain part of the page

[El Estrago]

I'm looking for a (good) php script which password protects a certain part of the page.

This is what I've got:

<?php

$username = "username";
$password = "password";

if ($_POST['txtUsername']!= $username ¦¦ $_POST['txtPassword']!= $password) {

?>

<form name="form" method="post" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];?>">

Username: <input type="text" name="txtUsername" />
Password: <input type="password" name="txtPassword" />
<input type="submit" value="Submit" />

</form>

//else bit

<?php

}

else {

?>

<p> passworded bit </p>

<?php

}

?>

 

Problem: it doesn't work. 

I think it has got something to do with the if/else-part.

[seanlim]

Replace the if statement with:

 

if (!isset($_POST['txtUsername']) || !isset($_POST['txtPassword']) || $_POST['txtUsername']!= $username || $_POST['txtPassword']!= $password) {

 

You have to check if the variables are even set in the first place, and also, your pipe character seems funny...