PHP

[visser]

ok so i know absolutely nothing about php. ive been trying to learn c++ and vb. but ive been really really busy. so i had an idea. i wanted to set up a server on my computer (apache) and have it so that i could get the music off of it that way. but i also wanted to be able to access the music from outside of my network. no i know how to connect to my computer using apache outside of my house and such. but i was just curious if there was a way that rather than connecting to my comp. i wanted to do some sort of login. i know thats its php. but i dont want to use like a login and register type of deal.

my idea was to create a cookie. that if you have it then you see all the files that i want to share. but if you dont have it then it jsut says "hey blah blah blah not your computer. go away" would that be doable. rather than a login use a cookie??? (suck-o does it lol after you log in though)

[ayu]

Yeah it would be doable, but wouldn't it just be easier to just make a very secure login? =/

And then if you use a cookie like that then if someone would gain access to it they would be able to directly access everything, well i guess it depends a little on how the cookie is handled and maybe how it is built =/

Also, do you already know PHP or are you going to learn it? (just out of curiosity)

[visser]

i know nothing of php. but i wanted someway to completely secure my server. and i thought of the cookie idea. and i was like hey. i like it. cause i have no idea about making a secure login. obviously you cant just get it off the net. i just want something easy and safe. and liked the cookie idea. so i figured i would ask around a bit.

[Gogeta70]

The best way to block access to your server is using HTACCESS, however, if you want to use PHP, do something like this:

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$pwd = $_POST['pass'];

if($pwd != "your password")
{
die("This is not your computer. Go away.");
} else {
$files = scandir("/");

for($a = 0; $a < count($files); $a++)
{
echo "<a href='" . $files[$a] . "'>". $files[$a] ."</a><br/>";
}
unset($files);
}

[visser]

well hey guys thank you for everything. i guess ill just have to learn some basic php. thanks for everything!!!!

[computathug]

here is a good place to start

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http://www.phpvideotutorials.com

hope this helps get ya started