Member Login

BobbyDouglas · #1 09-Sep-2003, 10:34

I have been thinking about which way I want to go for my member login script on my site.

Today I thought about using the default password protected page on my server.

Where when you goto a specific folder that is "protected" it asks you to enter in your username/password in a pop up box.

I want to know if I can, possibly though php, allow a user to enter their username and password inside a text box on my site, and then it will send the information to the protected page, and let them log in without displaying the pop up login box.

I hope I explained that well.

Any ideas?

BobbyDouglas · #2 09-Sep-2003, 13:42

Nevermind, I pretty much got it to work.

I will post the final code shortly.

Here is how to do it using a button.

HTML Code:

<html> 
<head> 
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> 
<!-- Begin 
function Login(form) { 
var username = form.username.value; 
var password = form.password.value; 
var server = form.server.value; 
if (username && password && server) { 
var htsite = "http://" + username + ":" + password + "@" + server + username + "/"; 
window.location = htsite; 
} 
else { 
alert("Please enter your username and password."); 
   } 
} 
//  End --> 
</script> 
</head> 

<body> 
<form name=login> 
<input type="hidden" name="server" value="www.mrbobdouglas.com/"> 
Username: 
<input type=text name=username size=20> 
<br><br> 
Password: 
<input type=password name=password size=20> 
<input type=button value="Login!" onClick="Login(this.form)" name="button"> 
</form> 
</body> 
</html>

JdS · #3 10-Sep-2003, 06:20

Do you happen to have a demo version of this script / page?

I am not certain I understand the question even though you've already figured it out.

BobbyDouglas · #4 10-Sep-2003, 07:43

www.mrbobdouglas.com/design is an example. Enter in bobby for the username and password.

What I did is set up a folder for every client. Then made a password for that client, their username being the name of the folder.
Pretty much, this script just makes the link to the http://bobby:bobby@www.mrbobdouglas.com/bobby/ folder, but includes the username/password so you can skip the page with the password box.

JdS · #5 10-Sep-2003, 07:51

Oh! I see, I think I've got it now... but

I get nervous when I see passwords in the URL (or address bar)

One day, I will get to this and then I will update this thread (if someone does not beat me to it).

BobbyDouglas · #6 10-Sep-2003, 08:07

Sounds good to me. I would rather use php and a mysql db for it all.... But i dunno how to really do that.

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