hello! does anybody knows how a use 1

[roswell]

hello! does anybody knows how a user can not able to view another page without passing through a login page. Meaning a user must enter first a username and login before seeing information about that person. So when she typed the url of the information page, it will wrote "You are not authorized to view this page!".

Does anyone knows how to do this?

 

[sleipnir214]

There are many ways of doing that.

One is to set up authentication requirements in your web server.

Another is to have all your secured pages require a session variable that is only set in the login page. Want the best answers? Ask the best questions:

http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

TANSTAAFL!

 

[roswell]

Thanks for the answer. But I'm kinda new in php programming that's why I'm not familiar with session. Can you give an example on how could I do that? Thanks.

 

[sleipnir214]

Session variables are not unique to PHP. Every CGI language that I know of supports them, some more easily than others. They're just a specialized use of cookies.

First, read here:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.session.php

they explain sessions

That will give you the basics.

Then you have to figure out what you're going to use as an authentication source and figure out how to access it. Want the best answers? Ask the best questions:

http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

TANSTAAFL!