Quick password protection with PHP

[dstrout]

This is a very simple and easy to implement script that will password protect any web page. Insert this code at the top of any web page, and it is protected:

Code:

<?php
$username="user";
$password="password";
if (!$_POST["user"]==$username||!$_POST["pass"]) {
if ($_POST["user"]||$_POST["pass"]) echo "Password incorrect. Try again.";
else echo "This page is password protected.";
?>
<form action="<?php echo $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]; ?>" method="post">
Username: <input type="text" name="user"><br>
Password: <input type="password" name="pass"><br>
<input type="submit" value="Validate">
</form>
<?php } ?>

Simply change the second and third lines to the desired username and password, leaving the quotes in place. For this to work, PHP must be installed on the server, and the page must have an extension of .php, rather than, for instance, .html

[tycoon]

the downside to this is that google ranks you site about 1000 lower due to restricted content

[lanogan]

@tycoon,

lol, it doesn't. dont protect your whole website

[dstrout]

(01-09-2012 03:42 AM)lanogan Wrote:  @tycoon,

lol, it doesn't. dont protect your whole website

Yes, the idea behind this is that you will be using this on a page not usually visited by most people, possibly not even linked to, but which still needs extra protection.