Registration

[IcePancake]

Hey, I was just wondering if there are any tutorials that are about making a registration/login/password system, I need one for my site. Some people have told me that I should use PHP... is that a good choice? Also, if I did use PHP, do I have to run my own server? I like the things PHP has to offer, but I'm not technical enough yet to get into running my own server. Can I use PHP as a client side script? Thanks!

[Celtboy]

No, PHP is server-based.

Any half-way decent authentication script will be server-side.

check http://www.hotscripts.com/PHP/Script...ion/index.html

No, you don't have to run your own server. Whatever webhost you have does need to support PHP, however.

The best client-side script I've seen thus far, redirects users to a page that has the file name "<username>and<password>.htm", though that can be a bit....overloaded.

As for making the auth system....it breaks down into this (very basic):

1. Get username & password from form

...
<form action="authenticate.php" method="post">
   <input type="text" name="user" /><br/>
   <input type="password" name="pass" /><br/>
</form>
...

2. Compare username & password with stored username/password

<?
/* You can get user info from text files, databases, or even store them here, in the script! */

$username = "test";
$password = "pass";

   if (($_POST["user"] == $username) && ($_POST["pass"] == $password)) {
      /* do something good  */
   } else {
      /* do something bad  */
   }
?>

3. Do something with info (see good/bad above): like redirect to a "Welcome" page, store session/cookie info, etc.

HTH,
-Celt