How can I get the authenticated user name under Apache using plain HTTP authentication and PHP?

apache, authentication, http-authentication, php

Solution

I think that you are after this

$username = $_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'];
$password = $_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_PW'];

Problem

First, let's get the security considerations out of the way. I'm using simple authentication under Apache for a one-off, internal use only, non-internet connected LAN, PHP web app. How can get I the HTTP authenticated user name in PHP?

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