This is a PHP class for session management with database abstraction based on cookies and MySQL. Very easy to use and very useable. With this class, you may very quickly make user authentication with many features.

This is a PHP class that allows you to authenticate users in your PHP script using the .htpasswd file.

htAuthorize is a PHP script for managing .htpasswd, .htgroup and .htaccess for Apache Webserver with Web interface. It requires PHP and the right to adminstrate the server. Tested with Apache 1.3.20 and PHP 4.0.6 under Win2000. While the Website is written in German, the script is written in English.

This is a simple PHP script that allows you to easily make htaccess and htpasswd files.

p_protect is a pretty straight-forward protection script written in PHP. It allows you to protect any page you decide within a directory. When a user enters the wrong username or password, it automatically sends you a notification email.

FA-Pass is a user management system with PHP sessions, User levels, Admin area, Lost password function, etc. Written in German.

phpAccess gives webmasters the ability to protect certain Web pages with simple to use Server Side Includes (SSI). Integrated user management, setup, and authentication make it simple to manage the protected areas of your site. <B>Version 1.2:</B> Fixes a double-login bug in the administration utility and a couple minor bugs with layout.

Clover Pass e-mail validator checks that the users e-mail address is actually correct and that the user is not pretending to be someone else. This program generates a 4 digit identification number from the users email address. The number is then e-mailed to the user and the user can then access your page using his e-mail address and the identification number. If the user can´t access his e-mail, he can´t access your page. No username/password database needed. Spam controlling option.

J-SESSIONS is a session package designed to protect pages with a very small footprint. The bulk of the code is less than 176 lines. A live demo can be seen at: http://www.jeremybrand.com/admin.

W Protection is a PHP script that allows you to password protect specific parts of your website. W Protection is written in German.

iClans is a game clan or guild management system, which uses plain text files. Only russian language version is currently available. It includes user registration with approve or deny options, several access levels, members pages (login and password protection), and members list, and much more.

This is a PHP 4 class for protecting web pages using your browser's built in Basic Authentication. This PHP 4 class is easily extensible to allow authentication information to be retrieved from external sources such as databases.

This is simple authentication system with session management in PHP4. It does't use any DB system such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, but uses a password file. Also includes a user management mode. To get this work you will need PHP4 installed as an Apache module.

PHPIMP is an authentication module written in PHP. Given username, password and server name, it allows you to validate the username/password against the server, and returns true or false. If you already have a POP or IMAP server, you can write your web based apps to authenticate without maintaining any password lists. Demo available on site.

This is a PHP script which allows you to generate a random 8 character password.

Simple Protect is a simple PHP script for checking login / password before authorizing to access a given page.

PostgreSQL Session Handler for PHP is a custom session save handler for PHP4 using PostgreSQL as the session cache. It allows multiple Web servers to share a common session storage container, and may allow Web users to move between machines while maintaining their session state.

PAccounts is a PHP/MySQL-based web account password manager. It dynamically examines the contents of webpages to extract the form fields and reproduces hidden forms and a customizable webpage that allows you to automatically login to the website with a single click. PAccounts requires the dplib library which can be found on the download page.

This is a simple authentication example that uses the HEADER function to force users to authenticate themselves. It works only if PHP is installed as an Apache module. Instead of simply printing out the $PHP_AUTH_USER and $PHP_AUTH_PW, you would probably want to check the username and password for validity. Perhaps by sending a query to a database, or by looking up the user in a dbm file.