PHP User Authenication and Re-direct

[[Ostrich]]

Just another easy one from me... shyea, right!

I'm creating a PHP site (...for some strange reason) and want to have an are where users can login and are redirected to a different area.

1) How hard is this gonna be?
2) Is there something I can use that will do this for me?

Thanks
:)

[Foxy]

Someone covered that in the PASSWORDS thread below and left a link to a tutorial.

Here you go, the link Elmo mentioned is:

http://www.zend.com/zend/tut/authentication.php

[[Ostrich]]

Ta, I'll take a look.

In the time since I posted this I have created a mySql database.

I am now going to have a sleep.

:)

[[Ostrich]]

Hmmmm that tutorial seems to be for a pop-up kinda thing.

I want a form on my page... so they enter username and password.

:)

[Jinx M]

Well, you could create a table of users in your MySQL and then have them enter their user name and password into a form. The form is posted to a php page which looks them up and checks if their password is right. If it is, it re-directs to a URL... That the sort of thing you're after?

[[Ostrich]]

YES!

I have the mySql done already. But my php and html skills are... dire ;(

:)

[[Ostrich]]

OK, is this right

.html - uses a form to obtain username and sends it to a php page.

.php - queries the mysql databse. If the username matches the password it redirects to the correct page, if not it returns an error or another redirect.

sql database - holds usernames and passwords

All I need now is the code ;(

:)

[SPAWNO]

i have done it in PHP using Access as my DB, I can send you the code if ya want

- Spawno

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