Use PHP4 with session variables instead of the hidden form fields.

Cullan

-----Original Message-----
From: Barry McKelvey [mailto:redfox@d...]
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 2:57 PM
To: professional php
Subject: [pro_php] Passing authentication from one page to another...


Hello,

I am an experienced PHP programmer and I have my own functions and 
routines set-up for high security transfers between pages following a 
login, where a username/password pair has been entered at a login screen. 
However, one section of a page i'm currently developing doesn't require 
this high level of security (which checks and compares IP addresses, does 
formal logging, tracks independant sessions, times out the users etc.)

Are there any quick and dirty ways of passing authentication from page to 
page in PHP? (And a little bit cleaner than storing user/password vars in 
hidden fields in the formdata.)

Thanks in advance!

Cheers,

Barry