Query about WWW-Authenticate: Basic and bad UserID/Password recovery

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From	Robert Rosenberg <hal9001@panix.com>
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Subject	Query about WWW-Authenticate: Basic and bad UserID/Password recovery
Date	Sun, 10 Jun 2012 16:14:30 -0400
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Per the samples I have seen in manuals and on the php,net site  I store the
header statements in a if(!isset($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'])) delineated
section.

I test the supplied UserID and Password to see if they are a valid pair. My
problem is that when they are not (right now I have a hard coded pair to use
in my testing) I issue an error message and have the user try again (by
having the page relaunched via a link). The problem is that the IF sees that
the UserID is already set (to the bad value) and thus will not reissue the
login menu. How do I invalidate the stored value so that the IF will return
TRUE and thus cause the menu to be issued? I tried adding a
$_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'])=""; or a unset($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER']); in my
error routine (with the link) I still do not get the the menu.

Please Help.

Thank you.

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Query about WWW-Authenticate: Basic and bad UserID/Password recovery Robert Rosenberg <hal9001@panix.com> - 2012-06-10 16:14 -0400
  Re: Query about WWW-Authenticate: Basic and bad UserID/Password recovery Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-06-10 16:52 -0400
    Re: Query about WWW-Authenticate: Basic and bad UserID/Password recovery Robert Rosenberg <hal9001@panix.com> - 2012-06-10 18:17 -0400
      Re: Query about WWW-Authenticate: Basic and bad UserID/Password recovery Scott Johnson <noonehome@chalupasworld.com> - 2012-06-10 16:49 -0700
      Re: Query about WWW-Authenticate: Basic and bad UserID/Password recovery Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-06-10 20:41 -0400
  Re: Query about WWW-Authenticate: Basic and bad UserID/Password recovery Richard Damon <news.x.richarddamon@xoxy.net> - 2012-06-10 16:54 -0400
    Re: Query about WWW-Authenticate: Basic and bad UserID/Password recovery Robert Rosenberg <hal9001@panix.com> - 2012-06-10 18:25 -0400
      Re: Query about WWW-Authenticate: Basic and bad UserID/Password recovery Richard Damon <news.x.richarddamon@xoxy.net> - 2012-06-10 19:40 -0400
      Re: Query about WWW-Authenticate: Basic and bad UserID/Password   recovery "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-06-11 09:36 +0200

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