Heya, Just FYI, php-dev is for developing PHP (not developing *with* PHP) - You're better off on [EMAIL PROTECTED]
$PHP_AUTH_USER is the right variable - Odds on, if there really is a user logged in, you've in a function and have forgotten to globalise it (it's not implicitly global). adamw ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 3:38 PM Subject: [PHP-DEV] username of a currently logged in user > Hi, > I've written a site using PHP that relies on htaccess authentication. This > is all working fine, but I am having problems finding the username of the > currently logged-in user (which I need to be able to change passwords). I > thought $user contained the user, or $PHP_AUTH_USER but neither of these > hold anything... > any ideas? > Cheers > Rob > ------------------------------------- > Rob Gudgeon > BT Systems Engineer > Distributed Platform Strategy & Design > BT Affinitis - Computing Partners > Phone: 020 7250 5156 > Mobile: 07720 052692 > > > -- > PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]