mojito Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Hi guysI would like not to use a database for this simple application but would still like to be able to autheticate and identify users of which there will only ever be a handful hence why I feel .htaccess and its .htpassword files could work.[size=14pt]1. Why cant browsers see the passwords stored in .htpassword though ? [/size]Also how can I get php to set a session with this user info and then allow that person to see only their files. The files being xml creations by the said people. [size=14pt]2 Is that possible ? can I set some kind of attribute to a file to identify the owner. I simply want to stop users editing other peoples files.[/size]I am building xml files which drive a flash front end. The xml files will be created and edited with this very system. I don't want to use a database. I would prefer to show all the files if its not possible to mask the files to those of the owners/creators. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/34587-authentication-with-session-and-htaccess-not-using-a-database/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypnos Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 A better way of doing this might be to have a PHP script issue control of these files, and put these XML files in a private directory (as in, a directory that is NOT in your public_html folder). You can have a php file check to see if the session data matches, and then fopen/fwrite/fread the file they need. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/34587-authentication-with-session-and-htaccess-not-using-a-database/#findComment-163974 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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