Writing a Basic Authentication System in PHP

Occasionally a site administrator will want to make certain material available online, but also have it accessible to only a select few. Some examples of this might be student records, personalized information, email and even personal photo albums.
Of course there are many ways to restrict access to information ranging from web server configurations to third party programs. In this tutorial, we`ll take a look at the basic theory behind a user authentication system using PHP.

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