Password Protecting Folders Using Mysql

[dcumpian]

Hello,

 

I would like an alternative to using .htaccess authentication to protect user access to a folder (and subfolders) on my site. What I'd like to do is store user and password information in a MySQL database and when a user attempts to access a file or folder, the user is given a login prompt. While I know I can do this using .htaccess, I've read that it can become slow and even fail when the list of users gets too large. However, I don't know what "too large" is...

 

If anyone can point me to a script that does this, I would be grateful. I tried searching Hotscripts, but found that the script were too complex or provided unwanted features.

 

Any advice would be very much appreciated!

 

Thanks,

Dan

[TCH-Bruce]

You can check these out.

[dcumpian]

Bruce,

 

Thanks for your help. I looked at these before and, while they do use MySQL to track users, at the heart of it, .htaccess authentication is still being used.

 

I guess if it's good enough for these folks, it is good enough for me

 

Regards,

Dan