PHP and Log-in

[Chris]

Question 1 - Does anyone know where I can learn PHP?

Reason? To put it one way, my server looks like a trash can with the numerous .dat and .txt files required for my numerous CGI script. I've also hit a problem with my log-in section, where there is no authentication checker. I know to do this I'll need cookies, and I'm not too good with them in CGI.

This leads to my second question. Does anyone know how to write a log-in and authentication checker in PHP or CGI? Every single one I've created has been hackable with HTML, which is a joke.

 

[JLevinson]

PHP.net is the official PHP site and has a tutorial/walkthrough on there. I'd highly recommend it. Furthermore, there's the PHP Tutorial found at the W3 schools (a great place to learn new languages) at: www.w3schools.com/php/default.asp.

I've never done PHP user-authentication, but a couple sites I found are:

http://www.zend.com/zend/tut/authentication.php
http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=31690
http://www.sitepoint.com/article/http-authentication-php

I wish you the best of luck... I'm a big fan of PHP myself, and have found it to be much easier and more powerful than Perl.

-Josh

 

[Chris]

Yeah, it definatly seems to be the easier option. Perl/CGI takes up way too much server space through both the scripts (the amount of coding needed to do what I wanted was rediculous) and files stored.

For some reason, I've never actually attempted to learn PHP. I suppose it was down to one of many server problems I had, or more importantly the lack of support I recieved. For example, when I asked a while back if it would be possible for them to remove all subdomains on my account, they replied "It would be...".

Honestly, some people...

 

[XWEVince]

I know some good places to learn PHP, its were I did.

http://evolt.org
2 good Login Script that you can learn from.
http://beanbug.net
Also 2 good login scripts and basics of PHP
http://zymic.com
One flat file login I think but alot of good php for learners.

I learned from these places and many more.

 

[Jesse Jamester]

Question... you can learn it just by reading it right? Or would it be smarter to test it and such? Because to test it, you need free space on a server that supports PHP, so that'd mean I'd need some first before I could learn. This sound right, or am I going to far into this?

 

[MarcusWestcott]

Question... you can learn it just by reading it right? Or would it be smarter to test it and such? Because to test it, you need free space on a server that supports PHP, so that'd mean I'd need some first before I could learn. This sound right, or am I going to far into this?

If you're running Windows XP or 2000/2003, you can configure IIS to run as a local web server, and install PHP on that server to test it out on your own system.