Replace Htaccess popup box with a html form?

Question

I have password-protected a directory on my website using htaccess. When I type in the URL to the folder I get a simple popup box where I can type in my info. All is fine. But w

Answer 1

One possible approach...

Say you want to protect the directory "protected".

Using .htaccess, limit all access to this directory by putting

Options -Indexes

# Block External Access
deny from all

in the .htaccess file within the "protected" directory.

Next, use a RewriteRule to catch all URL's going to the "protected" directory in your main .htaccess file. For example:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^protected/(.*) accessprotected.php?url=$1

Normally, the RewriteRule should catch all URL's going to the "protected" directory and transmit them to the accessprotected.php-page.

On the accessprotected.php-page, check for login-status.

if (isset($_SESSION['LoggedIn'])) { // or something like this
    /*
       Here, you should check what file type is being
       requested and handle this properly.
    */
} else {
    // put code for login form here
}