From the post on the
Password Protector page:
It's a great script, exactly whay I am looking for. But just wondering if the number of paswords you can include on the script can be unlimited or not. I intend to include as many as 45,000 passwords on the script. Is this still possible?
Answer:I think 45,000 is too much for it. I would say current design (without using database) will work ok with up to 1000 users. More users would slow down webpage load.
If you want to add more than 1000 users than it is better to customize password protect script to use database.