How to download a password protected file

[unni]

I have a local php page to download daily log files.

I dont know about php http authentication. So i am using it like this

echo '<a href="http://www.a.com:2082/getaccesslog/accesslog_a.com_8_8_2006.gz">site a</a>';

Now problem is every time it is asking for user name and password.

Whats the best way to do it? is there any option with i can include the user name and password inside the code and download the file directly without prompting for password?

[jatar_k]

you may be able to just grab them from the file system with out having to worry about the auth

or did you want the auth?

[jay5r]

You can embed the user name and password in the URL like this:

[username:[e-mail]...]

It's not terribly secure, but it works.