The EASIEST way to do this:
(1) Create HTACCESS authentication with single user/pass and let your "authorized" users know it.
(2) Accomplish the same thing with a simple script, a la...
<?php
session_start();
if ($_SESSION['isValidUser']!==true)
{
include('login.php');
exit();
/*include a separate HTML page to handle logging in (HTML form)*/
/*basically, if user logs in correctly at some point, a toggle is set via PHP session and they can access these pages;*/
}
?>
<html>
<body>
<p>Hi! This is my actual web page stuff that requires authentication!</p>
</body>
</html>
Then process the login with something like...
<?php
session_start();
$myuser = 'admin'; //you set this
$mypass = '1234'; //you set this
$user = $_REQUEST['username']; //value comes from HTML form
$pass = $_REQUEST['password']; //value comes from HTML form
if (($user===$myuser) && ($pass===$mypass))
{
//Login succeeded!
$_SESSION['isValidUser'] = true;
header("Location: http://www.example.com/members/");
exit();
}
else
{
//Login FAILED
$_SESSION['isValidUser'] = false;
echo '<div>Login failed!</div>';
include('login.php');
exit();
}
?>
Then all your missing is an HTML form with two inputs, 'username' and 'password' which send this to a form processor such as above.
Problems with this: Requires a few extra files. And you set a MASTER username and password and every user has and uses the same username/password. Same idea as HTACCESS except you have a little more control this way.
If you HAVE to use multiple usernames/passwords, your best bet is to just drop the effort into a database. A table with all your users info (usernames, emails, passwords, etc) is the BEST/EASIEST way to handle authentication. But this will require some work/coding on your end to get it up and working. But you might be able to find working code you can download/use on places like HotScripts, etc.
Code above is a prototype; may not work. You need to try it out, evaluate it, and modify it as needed!
