Apache - php password script question.

I've got a standard php username and password checking system written
but I now need to be able to allow access to a restricted folder if the
user's details have been validated.

It would have been nice to allow the php checking section to pass a
master name and password and then for the .htaccess and .htpasswd files
to allow entries for all users who pass the criteria without the HTTP
username/password popup box showing up then allow them access to the
folder.

Is there an invisible way in php to do this ?

Many thanks!

On Mar 5, 10:20 pm, Richard Brooks <richardbro...@vickers-
supermarine.com> wrote:
> I've got a standard php username and password checking system written
> but I now need to be able to allow access to a restricted folder if the
> user's details have been validated.
>
> It would have been nice to allow the php checking section to pass a
> master name and password and then for the .htaccess and .htpasswd files
> to allow entries for all users who pass the criteria without the HTTP
> username/password popup box showing up then allow them access to the
> folder.
>
> Is there an invisible way in php to do this ?
>
> Many thanks!

its just the base64encoded colon separated string
user:pass
inside the http header Authorization
with the word Basic to denote Basic authentication to the server

so the full auth header that php would have to send with the request
would be
header( 'Authorization: Basic cmF0LWEtdGF0LXRhdDpjb21lLWlu' );

if you wanted to transparently authenticate the user "rat-a-tat-tat"
with password "come-in"