PHP Native OS 'Remember Me'

Question

Sorry if the title was misleading. I want to know how to trigger the default OS password keeper when a user successfully logs in.

Example: I use Chrome in OSX, whenever I login somewhere I get the option for Chrome to save my login info, which stores the info in my keychain.

This is not a question about a 'remember me' checkbox for the login form, but rather how to get the browser to ask to save the info. Do I need to send a particular HTTP status code if the login was successful? Currently I'm storing session data once logged in, so the browser doesn't really see the change.

Any pointers would be greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

There is probably some standard somewhere that says what the name of your username and password fields should be. I'll take a wild guess and say username and password, but because different browsers handle things differently, Google it. A good browser should be able to recognize the field pair and prompt the user if they want to store the info.

I doubt a browser will simply look for a field of type password, because there are plenty of times when a password field is used for other things (SSN numbers or PIN numbers, for example). I've never been prompted to save my "username and password" when I'm entering something like a SSN that happens to be in a password field.