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Re: Standard practice: login pages

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sl@exabyte wrote:

>> Create a simple php function that checks to see if a user has already
>> authenticated, return Y/N.
>>
>> Call the function at the top of every page except the logon/off page:
>> if auth = 'N' direct to logon page
>> if auth = 'Y' do whatever the page is supposed to do
>>
>> Store the user/passwd details in a database.
>>
>> Maintain the logged-in status of users using a session cookie.
> 
> With this tip, I think it will save a lot of my time banging my head
> around.

Of course, the competent and more efficient solution is to return a boolean 
from a session object's method.


PointedEars
-- 
var bugRiddenCrashPronePieceOfJunk = (
    navigator.userAgent.indexOf('MSIE 5') != -1
    && navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Mac') != -1
)  // Plone, register_function.js:16

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Standard practice: login pages "sl@exabyte" <ecp_gen@my-rialto.com> - 2011-10-27 11:29 -0700
  Re: Standard practice: login pages "sl@exabyte" <ecp_gen@my-rialto.com> - 2011-10-27 11:32 -0700
    Re: Standard practice: login pages Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-10-27 00:24 -0400
      Re: Standard practice: login pages Geoff Muldoon <geoff.muldoon@trap.gmail.com> - 2011-10-27 15:57 +1100
        Re: Standard practice: login pages "sl@exabyte" <ecp_gen@my-rialto.com> - 2011-10-27 15:00 -0700
          Re: Standard practice: login pages Geoff Muldoon <geoff.muldoon@trap.gmail.com> - 2011-10-27 17:03 +1100
            Re: Standard practice: login pages "sl@exabyte" <ecp_gen@my-rialto.com> - 2011-10-27 16:14 -0700
              Re: Standard practice: login pages Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-10-27 11:21 +0200
                Re: Standard practice: login pages "sl@exabyte" <sb5309@hotmail.com> - 2011-10-27 21:31 +0800
          Re: Standard practice: login pages houghi <houghi@houghi.org.invalid> - 2011-10-27 08:43 +0200
            Re: Standard practice: login pages "sl@exabyte" <ecp_gen@my-rialto.com> - 2011-10-27 18:10 -0700
              Re: Standard practice: login pages houghi <houghi@houghi.org.invalid> - 2011-10-27 19:19 +0200

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