Http Authentication With Php?

[acctman]

Hi does anyone have an example of using a PHP code to access the .htpasswd file for a user / pass login.

[requinix]

No but if you know what the file is like and how to use it then it's pretty easy to write one.

function validate($htpasswd, $username, $password) {
// file exists
if (!is_file($htpasswd) || !is_readable($htpasswd)) {
	trigger_error("{$htpasswd} passwd file not found", E_USER_WARNING);
	return false;
}
// valid username... docs don't really define this but it can't contain a colon
if (strpos($username, ":") !== false) {
	trigger_error("Invalid username", E_USER_NOTICE);
	return false;
}

// search the file
foreach (file($htpasswd) as $line) {
	// lines are in the form "username:hashed password"
	list($lineuser, $linehash) = explode(":", trim($line));
	if ($lineuser == $username) {
		return crypt($password, $linehash) == $linehash;
	}
}
return false;
}