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Asked: 2026-06-07T03:32:49+00:00

I’m writing a site for a few friends who don’t know how to code.

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I’m writing a site for a few friends who don’t know how to code. I don’t want to write on my localhost because I want them to be able to see the site’s progress. I would like to write on the site itself. How would I go about setting up a simple password system so that only they are able to see the site? Although this isn’t secure at all, this is the best I could think of:

site.com/index.php:

<body>
    <form type="POST" action="/redirect.php">
       <input type="text" name="textbox">
       <input type="submit" value="submit">
   </form>
</body>

site.com/redirect.php:

<?php
   if ($_POST['textbox'] == 'password123'){
      //redirect to site.com/actualSite/index.php
     }
 ?>
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  1. Editorial Team

    I have two quick and dirty suggestions for you.

    Limit by IP –

    $ipWhiteList = array(
    'XX.XXX.XXX.XXX', // teammate1,
    'YY.YYY.YYY.YYY', // teammate2
);
if(!in_array($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'],$ipWhiteList)){
    die('Access Denied!');
}

    Limit by a password in $_GET parameter –

    $predefined_password = "4815162342";
if ($_GET['pass'] != $predefined_password){
  die('Access Denied!');
}

    Now all your teammates have to do is append the password to their URL like so –

    https://myCoolNewSite.com?pass=4815162342

    Please know that these are not extremely complex methods of securing a URL but for your needs. to temporarily limit access during development – they might just be enough. Quick and dirty 😉

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