Question

I’m new to web programing and im trying to find a few good examples / tutorials on how to do a decent job of creating a website that requires users to log on to view any pages beyond the main log in page.

so far i’ve found 1 or 2 that ive tried but i keep running into the same problem. If i just enter the url of the page i want to see manually i can get in like there was nothing there.

Answer 1

There’s HTTP Auth:

http://php.net/manual/en/features.http-auth.php

Or you can roll your own with a login form and session tracking:

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

Http auth means the user gets a pop-up dialog window asking for a username and password, it’s less usual than the self-rolled version.

Enjoy!