How can I use Basic HTTP Authentication in PHP?

Question

I\'m trying to use Basic HTTP Authentication and followed the example on the PHP manual page. But it doesn\'t work for me. The variable $_SERVER[\'PHP_AUTH_USER\']

Answer 1

Try this::

\n");
        print("\n");
        print("\n");
        print("\n");
        print("\n");
    }

    function endPage()
    {
        print("\n");
        print("\n");
    }
    /*
    ** test for username/password
    */
    if( ( isset($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'] ) && ( $_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'] == "leon" ) ) AND
      ( isset($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_PW'] ) && ( $_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_PW'] == "secret" )) )
    {
        startPage();

        print("You have logged in successfully!
\n");

        endPage();
    }
    else
    {
        //Send headers to cause a browser to request
        //username and password from user
        header("WWW-Authenticate: " .
            "Basic realm=\"Leon's Protected Area\"");
        header("HTTP/1.0 401 Unauthorized");

        //Show failure text, which browsers usually
        //show only after several failed attempts
        print("This page is protected by HTTP " .
            "Authentication.
\nUse leon " .
            "for the username, and secret " .
            "for the password.
\n");
    }
?>