I have a question about HTML. I know that there is this mechanism that wouldn't allow users to get a direct access to a web-page unless they enter a password and a name. What's the HTML code for that?
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HTML is used to format information and present it, not do logical operations like authentication. For this you need to configure server settings (google .htaccess permission) or use a scripting language like PHP etc.
Devin Ceartas
2009-11-18 05:34:16
ps - still quite nice here, though the changing leaves are quite pretty
Devin Ceartas
2009-11-18 05:34:48
Hello, Devin, thank you for your answer, but I definitely remember once I bumped into an HTML code that was doing that. I remember I even used it, but too bad I lost it later.
brilliant
2009-11-18 05:45:22
@brilliant: No, you didn't, because HTML can't do that. You must have run into something else and thought it was HTML.
Chuck
2009-11-18 06:01:08
Oh , really? Okay,than I must have had a wrong recollection. Sorry.
brilliant
2009-11-18 06:08:22
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There's a manual section in PHP describing how to output HTTP headers that force an HTTP Auth. You can't do it with HTML alone.
http://php.net/manual/en/features.http-auth.php
Personally I'd prefer the .htaccess method, but in the end, both do the same thing.
PS: Getting pretty cold 'round here.
deceze
2009-11-18 06:01:17
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As others have answered, you would have to do your work server-side for authentication. I saw that you mentioned that you "bumped into an HTML code" that was doing password "stuff." Are you sure you weren't referring to the HTML Password Field Form? This is a field to hide a password that is being typed. However, as Devin said, this is only for presentation. The real work has to be done elsewhere.
JasCav
2009-11-18 06:05:11
Hello, Jason, I think it was a piece PHP code that I took for HTML as at that time new nothing about PHP and figured it was all HTML. Thanks for your link though, it's quite interesting.
brilliant
2009-11-18 07:11:28