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This brings up a password window where the user has to enter a username and password. it then checks with Mysql to see if the username and password are real (compares it to the original). it then will load a page for the user to see or it will bring it up the password box again.<br><br>put the following in a seperate php file and include it on all your protected files: <br>

this will not work work if your server is setup in cgi mode.

<!---Head--->
none

<!---Body--->

<?php
if (!isset($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'])) { 

header('WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="Login"'); 
header('HTTP/1.0 401 Unauthorized'); 
exit; 

} else if (isset($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'])) { 

$sql = "SELECT * FROM users WHERE username='".htmlentities($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'])."' and password='".htmlentities($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_PW'])."'"; 
$result = mysql_query($sql); 
$num = mysql_num_rows($result); 

if ($num != 1) { 
header('WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="Login"'); 
header('HTTP/1.0 401 Unauthorized'); 
exit; 
} else{ 
 // show page you want them to see here

} 

} 
?>