Use external text file to supply passwords for Password Protect

[sundial2k]

Hi - I'm wondering if it's possible to use an external text file (or ideally a Google Doc Spreadsheet) with a list of usernames/passwords for Password Protect.

Thanks,
John

[zubrag]

Can be done for text file, but needs some changes. I'll post in a day

[sundial2k]

Thanks!!  I was wondering - is there a way to track the number of times one of these codes is used?

John

[sundial2k]

I was just looking at Advanced Password Protect and I think this might work even better.  Am I correct in understanding that I can give my admin access to MANAGER.PHP and he can log in and enter/change/add users?

John

[zubrag]

Yes, "advanced password protect" script provides better user management than "password protect" script. But remember to backup users file sometimes as somebody reported lose of users list (possibly there is a bug)

In case you decide to update regular password protect script to load users from external file than:
find this code

// Add login/password pairs below, like described above
// NOTE: all rows except last must have comma "," at the end of line
$LOGIN_INFORMATION = array(
  'zubrag' => 'root',
  'admin' => 'adminpass'
);

and relace with this code

// list of users
$users = file('/path/to/users/list/file/including/filename');
if (!$users) die('Cannot find users list!');

// prepare users list
$LOGIN_INFORMATION = array();
foreach ($users as $user) {
  $u = explode(',',$user);
  if (USE_USERNAME) {
    $LOGIN_INFORMATION[trim($u[0])] = trim($u[1]);
  }
  else {
    $LOGIN_INFORMATION[] = trim($u[0]);
  }
}


Note: remember to fix bolded path to the userlist file

[sundial2k]

That's awesome!  How do the passwords need to be formated in the external file, and I'm assuming that it should be a basic .txt file?

[zubrag]

yes, basic txt file. Name/extension does not matter, can be anything.

users file format:
username1,password1
username2,password2
...

username/password pair delimiter defined in following line. As you can see it is set to comma. Change it if you need something else as delimiter
$u = explode(',',$user);

[sundial2k]

Thanks - you made that super-easy!  I appreciate your help!!

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