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surferboy · Oct 21, 2004, 08:47 AM

I am trying to password protect my website. I am planning in using PHP, MySQL and Apache server. I have the free tools- I just don't know how to use them yet. I downloaded and installed the MAMP as a package. Does anyone know of a good resource on the web or a step-by-step instruction on how to password protect my website?

It has been recommended that I make a database with MySQL with name and password. Then I write a PHP script to access the database and grant or deny permission to the page. Makes sense- I just need a little hand-holding on how to do it.

philzilla · Oct 21, 2004, 09:03 AM

PHP Login System with Admin Features

skalie · Oct 21, 2004, 09:38 AM

try googling ".htaccess" as well

TikTokk · Oct 21, 2004, 02:20 PM

Also, check with your ISP. Some have Admin settings for password protecting specific directories.

surferboy · Nov 7, 2004, 05:22 PM

Phil,
Your book must be popular- sold out of all but one of the local Borders. Just ordered it online.

In the meantime, I have kind of come full circle. The link you posted in regards to the php login system with admin features looks great. I have been hard at work trying to get it to work for me. In short- I have downloaded the appropriate files and have everything working and interacting with my database. But, I cannot quite make that leap to apply this stuff to my own web pages. I took one of my webpages and saved it as "protectedpage.php" and added all the code I felt necessary to make this a truly protected page. I simply cannot make it work. I think there are several potential issues:
(1)does it matter where the php files are located as long as I have the correct file path for the include/session file?
(2)does that fact that I am using php5 matter? (if so, how do I delete it and install php4 without screwing up the mysql - php relationships I've already established?)

If you or anyone has used this system, can you please post a sample of an actual protected page demonstrating where the php commands go and how the html is integrated?

I am stuck. I have tried many things, and simply cannot get my pea-brain to understand what I am doing wrong.

Mundy, Philzilla- can you help walk me through this?

Much appreciated.

surferboy · Nov 8, 2004, 09:23 AM

Anyone willing to look at this and tackle it with me? By the way, how do you insert a link? It does not seem to work for me?

http://www.evolt.org/article/PHP_Log...384/index.html

genevish · Nov 8, 2004, 03:20 PM

You need to make sure all the links to include files are correct and accessable. Note that your main page will link to the session.php file, which will link to the database.php, mailer.php and form.php files, etc...

When you try to add the login form to your site, what are you seeing?

surferboy · Nov 8, 2004, 04:39 PM

Originally posted by genevish:
You need to make sure all the links to include files are correct and accessable. Note that your main page will link to the session.php file, which will link to the database.php, mailer.php and form.php files, etc...

When you try to add the login form to your site, what are you seeing?

I see the login page with some of the code visible within the page.

Thanks for the insight. Any idea if this would not work with PHP5?

surferboy · Nov 8, 2004, 04:59 PM

Actually, now I see nothing: when I call the page up- I get nothing. I made sure all the file paths were correct in each of the files.

Does the location of the files relative to the "protected page" matter? If so, what is the relationship?

Also, do you think this could be a PHP5 issue? How do I uninstall PHP5 and use PHP4 instead? Which version of PHP4 is recommended.

I am sorry: I know this is a bit of a no-no, but I am going to paste the code here so you can see what I am doing. Also, do I need to do a start_session(); at the top?

Thanks in advance:

<?php

/**
* Main.php
*
* This is an example of the main page of a website. Here
* users will be able to login. However, like on most sites
* the login form doesn't just have to be on the main page,
* but re-appear on subsequent pages, depending on whether
* the user has logged in or not.
*
* Written by: Jpmaster77 a.k.a. The Grandmaster of C++ (GMC)
* Last Updated: August 26, 2004
*/
include("/Library/WebServer/Documents/include/session.php");
?>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>

<link rel="stylesheet" href="css%20files/index.css" type="text/css" />
<title>HomeGraphic</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />

<script type="text/javascript">

</script>


<style type="text/css">

</style>


</head>

<body onload="preloadImages();" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;">

<table>
<tr><td>

<?
/**
* User has already logged in, so display relavent links, including
* a link to the admin center if the user is an administrator.
*/
if($session->logged_in){
echo "<div id="maingraphic" class="Table_01">
<div class="HomeGraphic-01_">
<img id="HomeGraphic_01" src="images/HomeGraphic_01.gif" width="600" height="46" alt="" />
</div>
<div class="HomeGraphic-02_">
<img id="HomeGraphic_02" src="images/HomeGraphic_02.gif" width="29" height="294" alt="" />
</div>
<div class="HomeGraphic-03_">
<a href="../kjocwebsite/menus/shoulder/shouldermenu.html"
onmouseover="changeImages('HomeGraphic_03', 'images/HomeGraphic_03-over.gif'); return true;"
onmouseout="changeImages('HomeGraphic_03', 'images/HomeGraphic_03.gif'); return true;"
onmousedown="changeImages('HomeGraphic_03', 'images/HomeGraphic_03-over.gif'); return true;"
onmouseup="changeImages('HomeGraphic_03', 'images/HomeGraphic_03-over.gif'); return true;">
<img name="HomeGraphic_03" id="HomeGraphic_03" src="images/HomeGraphic_03.gif" width="133" height="120" border="0" alt="" /></a>
</div>
<div class="HomeGraphic-04_">
<img id="HomeGraphic_04" src="images/HomeGraphic_04.gif" width="438" height="6" alt="" />
</div>
<div class="HomeGraphic-05_">
<img id="HomeGraphic_05" src="images/HomeGraphic_05.gif" width="274" height="122" alt="" />
</div>
<div class="HomeGraphic-06_">
<a href="../kjocwebsite/menus/elbow/elbowmenu.html"
onmouseover="changeImages('HomeGraphic_06', 'images/HomeGraphic_06-over.gif'); return true;"
onmouseout="changeImages('HomeGraphic_06', 'images/HomeGraphic_06.gif'); return true;"
onmousedown="changeImages('HomeGraphic_06', 'images/HomeGraphic_06-over.gif'); return true;"
onmouseup="changeImages('HomeGraphic_06', 'images/HomeGraphic_06-over.gif'); return true;">
<img name="HomeGraphic_06" id="HomeGraphic_06" src="images/HomeGraphic_06.gif" width="128" height="114" border="0" alt="" /></a>
</div>
<div class="HomeGraphic-07_">
<img id="HomeGraphic_07" src="images/HomeGraphic_07.gif" width="36" height="306" alt="" />
</div>
<div class="HomeGraphic-08_">
<img id="HomeGraphic_08" src="images/HomeGraphic_08.gif" width="133" height="174" alt="" />
</div>
<div class="HomeGraphic-09_">
<img id="HomeGraphic_09" src="images/HomeGraphic_09.gif" width="128" height="192" alt="" />
</div>
<div class="HomeGraphic-10_">
<img id="HomeGraphic_10" src="images/HomeGraphic_10.gif" width="17" height="166" alt="" />
</div>
<div class="HomeGraphic-11_">
<a href="http://www.kerlanjobe.com"
onmouseover="changeImages('HomeGraphic_11', 'images/HomeGraphic_11-over.png'); return true;"
onmouseout="changeImages('HomeGraphic_11', 'images/HomeGraphic_11.png'); return true;"
onmousedown="changeImages('HomeGraphic_11', 'images/HomeGraphic_11-over.png'); return true;"
onmouseup="changeImages('HomeGraphic_11', 'images/HomeGraphic_11-over.png'); return true;">
<img name="HomeGraphic_11" id="HomeGraphic_11" src="images/HomeGraphic_11.png" width="256" height="132" border="0" alt="" /></a>
</div>
<div class="HomeGraphic-12_">
<img id="HomeGraphic_12" src="images/HomeGraphic_12.gif" width="1" height="326" alt="" />
</div>
<div class="HomeGraphic-13_">
<img id="HomeGraphic_13" src="images/HomeGraphic_13.gif" width="256" height="34" alt="" />
</div>
<div class="HomeGraphic-14_">
<img id="HomeGraphic_14" src="images/HomeGraphic_14.gif" width="27" height="160" alt="" />
</div>
<div class="HomeGraphic-15_">
<a href="../kjocwebsite/menus/Knee/kneemenu.html"
onmouseover="changeImages('HomeGraphic_15', 'images/HomeGraphic_15-over.gif'); return true;"
onmouseout="changeImages('HomeGraphic_15', 'images/HomeGraphic_15.gif'); return true;"
onmousedown="changeImages('HomeGraphic_15', 'images/HomeGraphic_15-over.gif'); return true;"
onmouseup="changeImages('HomeGraphic_15', 'images/HomeGraphic_15-over.gif'); return true;">
<img name="HomeGraphic_15" id="HomeGraphic_15" src="images/HomeGraphic_15.gif" width="157" height="134" border="0" alt="" /></a>
</div>
<div class="HomeGraphic-16_">
<img id="HomeGraphic_16" src="images/HomeGraphic_16.gif" width="251" height="160" alt="" />
</div>
<div class="HomeGraphic-17_">
<img id="HomeGraphic_17" src="images/HomeGraphic_17.gif" width="1" height="142" alt="" />
</div>
<div class="HomeGraphic-18_">
<a href="../kjocwebsite/menus/everthingelse/everthingelsemenu.html"
onmouseover="changeImages('HomeGraphic_18', 'images/HomeGraphic_18-over.gif'); return true;"
onmouseout="changeImages('HomeGraphic_18', 'images/HomeGraphic_18.gif'); return true;"
onmousedown="changeImages('HomeGraphic_18', 'images/HomeGraphic_18-over.gif'); return true;"
onmouseup="changeImages('HomeGraphic_18', 'images/HomeGraphic_18-over.gif'); return true;">
<img name="HomeGraphic_18" id="HomeGraphic_18" src="images/HomeGraphic_18.gif" width="135" height="103" border="0" alt="" /></a>
</div>
<div class="HomeGraphic-19_">
<img id="HomeGraphic_19" src="images/HomeGraphic_19.gif" width="28" height="142" alt="" />
</div>
<div class="HomeGraphic-20_">
<img id="HomeGraphic_20" src="images/HomeGraphic_20.gif" width="135" height="39" alt="" />
</div>
<div class="HomeGraphic-21_">
<img id="HomeGraphic_21" src="images/HomeGraphic_21.gif" width="157" height="26" alt="" />
</div>
</div>";

}

else{
?>

<h1>Login</h1>
<?php
/**
* User not logged in, display the login form.
* If user has already tried to login, but errors were
* found, display the total number of errors.
* If errors occurred, they will be displayed.
*/
if($form == num_errors > 0){
echo <font size=\2\ color=\#ff0000\>.$form == num_errors. error(s) found</font>;
}
?>
<form action="process.php" method="POST">
<table align="left" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3">
<tr><td>Username:</td><td><input type="text" name="user" maxlength="30" value=<?php echo $form->value("user"); ?>"></td><td><? echo $form->error("user"); ?></td></tr>
<tr><td>Password:</td><td><input type="password" name="pass" maxlength="30" value="<? echo $form->value("pass"); ?>"></td><td><? echo $form->error("pass"); ?></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><input type="checkbox" name="remember" <? if($form == value("remember") != ""){ echo "checked"; } ?>>
<font size="2">Remember me next time     
<input type="hidden" name="sublogin" value="1">
<input type="submit" value="Login"></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><br><font size="2">[<a href="forgotpass.php">Forgot Password?</a>]</font></td><td align="right"></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><br>Not registered? <a href="register.php">Sign-Up!</a></td></tr>
</table>
</form>

<?
}

/**
* Just a little page footer, tells how many registered members
* there are, how many users currently logged in and viewing site,
* and how many guests viewing site. Active users are displayed,
* with link to their user information.
*/
echo "</td></tr><tr><td align=\"center\"><br><br>";
echo "<b>Member Total:</b> ".$database == getNumMembers()."<br>";
echo "There are $database->num_active_users registered members and ";
echo "$database->num_active_guests guests viewing the site.<br><br>";

include("include/view_active.php");

?>

</td></tr>
</table>

</body>
</html>

genevish · Nov 8, 2004, 06:58 PM

You said this worked with the generic "example" version, before you added it to your site, so I wouldn't think it's PHP5 related, but I'm still on 4 myself.

The session.php file starts the session, so no, you don't need to.

As for the relative path, for example, at the bottom of the page you have:

include("include/view_active.php");

There needs to be an include directory with the view_active.php page inside it in the same directory as this script, otherwise you can use the full path, like you did at the top.

You should probably check the logs to see if PHP is giving an error...

surferboy · Nov 9, 2004, 02:51 PM

still no dice with the suggested change. I notice that if I put simple statements after the echo (following the if function), they tend to show up appropriately, but if I try to paste my entire webpage in quotes after the echo, I just get a blank page- must have something to do with syntax?

I tried to ways: first keeping the <head> in the usual place, and then placing the <head> and <body> within the quotes in the echo statement. Neither worked. Here is an example of the latter (sorry in advance):

<?
/**
* Main.php
*
* This is an example of the main page of a website. Here
* users will be able to login. However, like on most sites
* the login form doesn't just have to be on the main page,
* but re-appear on subsequent pages, depending on whether
* the user has logged in or not.
*
* Written by: Jpmaster77 a.k.a. The Grandmaster of C++ (GMC)
* Last Updated: August 26, 2004
*/
include("/Library/WebServer/Documents/kjocwebsite/login/include/session.php");
?>

<html>
<title>Jpmaster77's Login Script</title>
<body>

<table>
<tr><td>

<?php
/**
* User has already logged in, so display relavent links, including
* a link to the admin center if the user is an administrator.
*/
if($session->logged_in){
echo "<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" >
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<meta name="author" content="Dave Shea" />
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else{
?>

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<?
/**
* User not logged in, display the login form.
* If user has already tried to login, but errors were
* found, display the total number of errors.
* If errors occurred, they will be displayed.
*/
if($form->num_errors > 0){
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}
?>
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<tr><td>Password:</td><td><input type="password" name="pass" maxlength="30" value="<? echo $form->value("pass"); ?>"></td><td><? echo $form->error("pass"); ?></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><input type="checkbox" name="remember" <? if($form->value("remember") != ""){ echo "checked"; } ?>>
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<tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><br>Not registered? <a href="register.php">Sign-Up!</a></td></tr>
</table>
</form>

<?
}

/**
* Just a little page footer, tells how many registered members
* there are, how many users currently logged in and viewing site,
* and how many guests viewing site. Active users are displayed,
* with link to their user information.
*/
echo "</td></tr><tr><td align=\"center\"><br><br>";
echo "<b>Member Total:</b> ".$database->getNumMembers()."<br>";
echo "There are $database->num_active_users registered members and ";
echo "$database->num_active_guests guests viewing the site.<br><br>";

include("/Library/WebServer/Documents/kjocwebsite/login/include/view_active.php");

?>

</td></tr>
</table>

</body>
</html>

genevish · Nov 9, 2004, 09:38 PM

[list=1][*]Make sure there is nothing sent ot the browser before the session file is included (not a return, not a single space.)[*]If you command-click on this blank page and show the source, is anything shown?[*]What types of errors are shown with this on the command line: cat /var/log/httpd/error_log | grep PHP[/list=1]

surferboy · Nov 9, 2004, 10:15 PM

checking the errors was not something I knew how to do: great idea. I get:

[Tue Nov 9 20:13:17 2004] [error] PHP Parse error: parse error, unexpected '<', expecting ',' or ';' in /Library/WebServer/Documents/kjocwebsite/protectedpage.php on line 20
[minime:~] jasonbro%

No source code seen.

genevish · Nov 9, 2004, 11:18 PM

Ah. I hadn't looked down the page. The echo statement probably should go. Here's an example of what's wrong:

Code:
echo "This is my echo statement.  I call it "George".  Isn't George pretty?";

The problem is you're closing the statement with the quote in he middle, which is freaking PHP out and it's just not displaying the page at all. There are two options. One is to escape the quotes in the middle of the echo statement with a backslash, like this:

Code:
echo "This is my echo statement.  I call it \"George\".  Isn't George pretty?";

Since your echo statement is very long and has a lot of quotes (and you're not printing out any variables or anything), it's probably easier to just step out of PHP, write the HTML, then step back in like this:

Code:
...
if($session->logged_in){
?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
...

and

Code:
...
</html>
<?
}
else{
...

surferboy · Nov 10, 2004, 12:58 AM

genevish, you are a brainiac. Several times, I wondered if it was the quotes issue, but I found it hard to believe that I'd have to go through it and remove so many quotes. I supposed if I knew PHP better, I would have figured it out? Thanks so much for curing my frustration!

surferboy · Nov 10, 2004, 02:18 PM

I found another very easy to implement script at: http://www.phpsecurepages.com/index.php

Can someone take a look at this and help me answer this question: using this system, how does a user log out? If the browser is closed, does that make it necessary to re-log in?

Thanks

philzilla · Nov 10, 2004, 06:05 PM

Originally posted by surferboy:
Can someone take a look at this and help me answer this question: using this system, how does a user log out? If the browser is closed, does that make it necessary to re-log in?

RTFM, dude

Originally detailed in the FAQ's page:
phpSecurePages should remember your login data as long as your browser stays open

surferboy · Nov 10, 2004, 07:19 PM

Originally posted by philzilla:
RTFM, dude

Saw that after my post. Thanks for taking the time. Philzil, if you are interested in testing this set of scripts, I'd love to bounce a few things off you. I am able to get it to work when I have the php file (the one I am protecting) in the root folder (/Library/WebServer/Documents/protectindex.php). I have the phpSecurePages in the same folder (documents). When I put the protectindex.php folder elsewhere, I cannot get the scripts to work, even if I change the file paths in the script at the top. When checking php error log at terminal, I get:

[Wed Nov 10 13:46:40 2004] [error] PHP Warning: main(): Failed opening 'phpSecurePages/secure.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/local/php/lib/php') in /Library/WebServer/Documents/phpsecurePages/protectindex.php on line 7

Chris O'Brien · Nov 10, 2004, 07:49 PM

Could it possibly be something as simple as misstyping the file paths? They're case-sensitive, and according to the log you showed, you have: phpSecurePages and phpsecurePages.

surferboy · Nov 11, 2004, 01:45 AM

I am able to get the scripts functioning using phpSecurePages, however, I notice an error. I protected two different pages. Each is protected when you first visit the site; however, when you hit your browser's back arrow, the previous page is no longer protected- you are simply able to view the content, despite the fat that you never did log in. Any thoughts?