Beginning PHP and MySQL: From Novice to Professional

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Frank M. KromannBeginning PHP and MySQLhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-6044-8_14

14. Authenticating Your Users

Frank M. Kromann¹ 

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Aliso Viejo, CA, USA

 

Authenticating user identities is a common practice not only for security-related reasons, but also to offer customizable features based on user preferences and type. Typically, users are prompted for a username and password, the combination of which forms a unique identifying value for that user. In this chapter, you’ll learn how to prompt for and validate this information using a variety of methods, including a simple approach involving Apache’s htpasswd feature, and approaches involving comparing the provided username and password to values stored directly within the ...