Ok when I say I am a novice - I really do mean I am clueless. Q. I have a folder with access restricted using .htpassd. The user types in username and password into the window box. They go to a shtml page. How do I get the username that they type in to appear on the shtml page as "Hello, username" I have tried all these scripts and none work: <?php $usera = $_SERVER["PHP_AUTH_USER"]; echo 'Current user is'.$usera.; ?> <?php $userb = $_SERVER['REMOTE_USER']; echo 'Current user is'.$userb.; ?> <?php if (!isset($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'])) { header('WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="My Realm"'); header('HTTP/1.0 401 Unauthorized'); echo 'Text to send if user hits Cancel button'; exit; } else { echo "<p>Hello {$_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER']}.</p>"; echo "<p>You entered {$_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_PW']} as your password.</p>"; } ?>