This is the simplest PHP authentication to implement but has the problem of being limited on flexibility and high on maintenance cost. It literally places the username and password into the script as seen in the following example: <?php if (($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'] != 'root') || ($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_PW'] != 'training')) { header('WWW-authenticate: Basic Realm="Photo Album"'); header('HTTP/1.0 401 Unauthorized'); print "You must provide a valid username and password!"; exit; } // Remainder of script ?> In this example, the first portion of the script reads in the username and password variables. If the variables do not match the hard-coded user name or password, then the script prints out some HTTP header information and text saying that the username and/or password was not valid. It then exits the script and terminates the rest of the script processing. If, though, the username and password ar
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