"Not too long ago," writes R.S., "a coworker left the company for greener pastures. His motto was Keep It Simple and, until now, I wasn't sure how simple he liked things."
"This is one of my favorite snippets of PHP code from his own, unique authentication process."
$password = $_POST['password']; $sql = "Select username from USERS"; $q->query($sql); while($q->next_record()) { $chumbawumba = $q->f("username"); } if ($password == $chumbawumba) { header("Location: index.php?session=".$session); } else { $errorMsg = "Wrong Password. Please Try again!"; }
R.S. added, "the USERS table contained a single column ('username') and a single row." Simple indeed.