Apache/PHP - grabbing a username from the login dialog

[Hootenanny]

I've secured part of a site using the .htaccess file on a [shared] Apache server. Would it be possible to write a PHP (or java) script that would grab the username from the login dialog? I want to display it dynamically on the website as "You are logged in as [username]".

Any help would be much appreciated.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Try this

$auth_username = $_SERVER["REMOTE_USER"];

Note if there is a strange PHP configuration this might not work, but for 99% of systems it should.

This is also a good page for you
http://us2.php.net/features.http-auth

 

[Eus]

Hi Ho!

This one will work: $_SERVER ['PHP_AUTH_USER'].
For the password: $_SERVER ['PHP_AUTH_PW'].


Eus

 

[Hootenanny]

Thanks Greg, it worked a treat!

Thanks to Eus for your alternatives, I'll give them a go if anything goes wrong with "REMOTE_USER".