Hi, Buffalo Dickens wrote: > Dear all, I am eager to know how to get the environment variable > REMOTE_USER of apache 2. > > For example, I wrote this php file, > <html> > <head> > <title>hello</title> > </head> > > <body> > <h1> > Hello, <?php echo( $_SERVER[ REMOTE_USER ] ) ?>! > </h1> > </body> > </html> > > However, it just sent output like this, "Hello, !". I don't know why. > Actually, php work fine with apache in my system, which can be > demonstrated by phpinfo() function. So, is it necessary for me to > create files like .htaccess or .htpasswd in order to make my getting > REMOTE_USER right? It seems that there is no REMOTE_USER in my system.
You need to tell Apache to authenticate the user. Take a look at: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/howto/auth.html You should also use: echo $_SERVER['REMOTE_USER'] ensuring you quote the index, see the 'Array do's and don'ts' at: http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.array.php HTH, Neil. -- Neil Hillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] AgustaWestland http://www.whl.co.uk/ Disclaimer: This message does not necessarily reflect the views of Westland Helicopters Ltd. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
