Questions/need help with finding a client portal.

Hi guys!


Im new to this forums and so far i have enjoyed reading the forums.
But now when im starting to learn php and mysql i have come in to some issues/questions.

Is it possible to create a some kind of client portal that creates a folder with the users name and an empty index.php, and to access this folder they have to write in their user and pass. Any help would be appreciated


Regards Joel


PS: sorry for my terrible spelling and grammatics. English isnt my native language,

For a quick and dirty solution, you can use Apache basic auth (it 's a bit technical to set up though)

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-setup-apache-password-protect-directory-with-htaccess-file/

the beauty of php/mysql is you do not have to actually create directories/files which can become hard to manage in the long run. there are also errors that can occur when modifying the filesystem that will require human interaction to resolve.

i recommend researching more on how to serve dynamically created pages from data retrieved from your database. you can even handle the authentication via php/mysql as well.

if you still wish to move forward with a directory structure the built in filesystem functions for php will help create and manage directories and files. i cannot post links just yet but you can find all the info you need by searching for "filesystem" on the php documentation website

Thank you guys!

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