I’m writing a data entry form for my professor to enter Herbarium data into a MySQL database. I’ve written up a web form in PHP to enter in the data, and hosted it on a server.
However, I don’t want just anyone to be able to enter in data. I’d like to set a simple username/password prompt, and give the credentials to the current data entry typist.
Is there any way of doing it simply like this a linksys router prompt? I need to get this site functional as soon as possible, and will develop something more secure later.
Use an .htaccess file (combined with a .htpasswd file).
This is very easy to set up, and a good protection (standard Apache functionnality) as long as you have a limited number of logins/passwords.