PHP and MySQL for Dynamic Web Sites: Visual QuickPro Guide

Site Administration

The second part of the application is the administrative side, although as I’m writing it, there is little administration to be done. For demonstration purposes, I’ll create one basic administration page that displays the current list of registered users. To access that script, I’ll need to create a home page and then an authentication file to protect them all. I’ll also need to tweak the existing templates for the administrative side. Most of the administrative pages (but not the templates) will be stored within an administrative folder, which I’ll call 4dm1n. For security purposes, giving the administrative folder some sort of less obvious name will help minimize the chances that someone stumbles across it (or is able to ...