Re: How to do password validation without the dialog box???

by "Darrell King" <darrell(at)webctr.com>

Date:	Mon, 17 Jun 2002 16:16:22 -0400
To:	<hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
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http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.http-auth.php

----- Original Message ----- 
From: John Safrit 

Does anyone know how to do .htaccess type password validation without 
getting the system dialog box that always pops up?  I'd like to have my 
own form to be filled out and submitted so I can validate behind the 
scenes, but I don't know how.  One way to achive this is to create a 
URL request with the username and password visible in it ( like 
http://user:password(at)protecteddomain.com/ )  but this is undesirable 
from a security standpoint.  A CGI or javascript is perfectly 
acceptable if there is a way to use them.  Any ideas, or is this just 
not possible?

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