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Excerpt: Adam Kalsey has posted a tip on how to password protect your blog by adding PHP to your templates. The PHP is very easily integrated with MT’s database !...
Excerpt: Password protect your blog :: Kalsey Consulting Group: Good documentation on a long overdue improvement. I've got a new project, let's call it Project X, and one of the things I needed to do was set up a password-protected blog...
I tried to do exactly the same thing about a year ago, and only halfway succeeded. This would have come in handy - hopefully it will come in handy again!
Looks very interesting and like, a bit generalized, it would work for most any secure PHP situation. Just a couple of questions: > while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { Why is this in a while loop instead of just taking the one row? Where is PHP_AUTH_USER and PHP_AUTH_PW being set?
A quick note, this won't work in PHP5.0.0 though it will in PHP5.0.1
Excerpt: If you are using MT, and you want to protect your blog. There is a method by Adam Kalsey....
Excerpt: Movable Type (MT) is a powerful web content publishing system, though often difficult for beginners to implement. Here are the links I have found most useful while implementing Movable Type weblogs. This list will grow as I continue to add features to ...
I would have just used the mod_auth_mysql to protect the whole directory. But it works only if you have the rights to install an Apache module. http://www.diegonet.com/support/mod_auth_mysql.shtml If using the php solution, to avoid having to change every single template, you could put the code in a separate file and put this in .htaccess: php_value auto_prepend_file /path/to/auth.php
Bill: Those two variables are set when by the Web server when you submit the basic authentication form. The loop isn't really a problem since the SQL always returns one row. So it only executes once. Scott: The MySQL auth module should work, but as you said, you need to me able to install a module. Most people can't. I'd also want to review the source of that before using it. (And you have to be using Apache.) An alternative would be to write an authentication wrapper for Apache in Perl if you have mod_perl running.
Excerpt: Adam Kalsey has a dandy way to restrict your Movable Type blog to authors only.
This looks exactly like what I need. You mentioned 5.0 won't work. I've got php4.3.4- will it work? I'm also running cgi-wrap (php-cgiwrap), using mySQL, and configured for php files.
When applying this code, I get the following error: Warning: main(protect.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/jhornef/public_html/journal/index.php on line 5 Warning: main(): Failed opening 'protect.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/jhornef/public_html/journal/index.php on line 5 Any ideas?
You have an error that says Warning: main(protect.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory That always means you're trying to include a file that doesn't exist. Either protect.php isn't on your server or it iisn't in the spot on your server where journal/index.php is at.
it's not working for me. it seems it never enters the first "if" loop. using php 4.3.8
Excerpt: Password protect a blog using MT author credentials. Something to consider if/when I include blogs in my 102 course website....
Excerpt: How to password protect a blog using MT author credentials. Intriguing idea for my 102 website if/when I include blogging as a course requirement....
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Excerpt: In case you want to password protect an entry in Movable Type.
There's a problem with the code. One of your curly brackets (whatever) is in the wrong place. The while statements should contain the following if statement. Like this: while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { $real_pass = $row['author_password']; if (crypt($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_PW'], substr($real_pass, 0, 2)) == $real_pass) { $auth = true; }//end if }//end while
Excerpt: Only works for some blogs and some hosts (where you control the templates, and can add and execute PHP). But still useful....
Probably last statement else statement ( ...} else { return true; }... ) is useless because function always returns true or stops execution.
Discovered this more than a year later but it's great nonetheless. I'm curious though if it would be possible to limit access to the author(s) associated with the blog_id=x, not just every author in the MySQL database.
So, I'm trying to password protect my blog, could you break down the instructions for me? I'm sorry, I am a little computer illiterate. Thanks Crys
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Password protect your blog
Excerpt: Use PHP to add password protection to your MT blog. Integrates with existing MT user database....