PHP - Private Messaging System

Hello, I'm pretty sure this is possible, but I have no idea where to start... I'm creating an anonymous messaging system for my school and I've had a lot of students request that they be able to send messages via sms text.  I want to find a way for the students to send a text message to some number or maybe an email address using their cell phone.  I want to have a php page that processes the message and then forwards it to a specific person depending on what the first word of the message is. 

For example:
Someone sends a message that reads: "John: This is a text message."
I want to be able to forward the message, "This is a text message." to the user named John.

Any ideas on where to start?  Is this even something that can be feasibly done?

I've been trying to figure out how chat apps work all afternoon to do dynamic data in HTML loading.  Can someone please tell me where I'm going wrong for the code flow in this script:

<script>
    function submitchat{
        if (form1.uname.value=='' || form1.msg.value==''){
            alert("fill out whole form");
            return;
        }
        var uname=form1.uname.value;
        var msg=form1.msg.value;
        var xmlhttp= new XMLHttpRequest();

        xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function(){
            if (xmlhttp.readyState==4 && xmlhttp.status=200){
                document.getElementById('chatlogs').innerHTML=xmlhttp.responseText;
                alert("message sent");
            }

        xmlhttp.open('GET', '?page=3.2&amp;uname='+uname+'&amp;msg='+msg, true);
        xmlhttp.send();
    }


</script>
<form name="form1">
    enter your chat name<input type="text" name="uname">
    message: <textarea name="msg"></textarea>
    <br>
    <div id="chatlogs">Loading Chat Logs...</div>
    <a href="#" onclick="">send</a>
</form>

<?php
$uname = $_REQUEST['uname'];
$msg = $_REQUEST['msg'];
if ($msg!='' && $uname!=''){
    $chat="
	INSERT INTO chat (
	`uname` ,
	`msg`
	)
	VALUES (
	'$uname',
	'$msg'
	)";
    $result = mysql_query($chat, $con) or die (sql_death($chat));
}

hello dear PHP-Fans - greetings to you - and a happy new year!!


i set up a WAMP-System on my openSuse 11.4 system.  In order to learn as much as i can bout PHP i want to do some tests and write some scripts.

Well the WAMP is allready up and running.  Now i try to give the writing access to the folder

mkdir /srv/www/

where the php-scripts should go in...

i want  to give write permission to all to all files in /srv/www

As root I generally:

mkdir /srv/www/
chown <webmaster usrername> /srv/www/

/srv/www/ should be readable and traversable by all, but only writeable by it's owner (the user designated as the webmaster.)

can i do this like mentioned above,...

Love to hear from you

greetings
db1

Hi i created a website where you cam view ip webcams via php. I want to make it so people can make the camera private and public.
I made two fields in mysql called "Username" and "Puborprivate"
I tried to make the "Puborprivate" have two numbers "0" would be private and "1" would be public. How could I do this?
My site is cwuforum.com/live/

Hi folks, I had a working, editable profile but it wasn't visible to other users.  So I'm trying to make that conversion now.  Here's the current 'myprofile' code:
<?php

session_start();

include('config.php');
include('date.php');

$id = $_GET['id'];
$sql = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM members WHERE id = '$id' LIMIT 1");
$check = mysql_num_rows($sql);
$check = mysql_query($sql_user_verify) or die('Cannot Execute:'. mysql_error());

if ($check > 1)
{
echo "No one matches that id number!";
exit();
}


if($check == 1)
{
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($sql))
{


$user = $id;


echo "<h2>Profile</h2>
<table>";

$row = mysql_fetch_array($sql);
echo "<tr><th>ID#:</th><td>".$user."</td></tr>
    <tr><th>Name: </th><td>".$row['callname']."</td></tr>
<tr><th>Email: </th><td>".$row['email']."</td></tr>
<tr><th>Password: </th><td><input type='password' value='".$row['password']."' disabled='true' /></td></tr>
<tr><th>Registered: </th><td>".$row['registered']."</td></tr>
    <tr><th>Last Login: </th><td>".$row['lastlogin']."</td></tr>";
 
echo "</table><br />";
  }
  
  if($id = $_SESSION['id'])
  {
  echo "<h2>Profile</h2>
<form method='post' action='editprofile.php'>
<table>";

$row = mysql_fetch_array($sql);
echo "<tr><th>ID#:</th><td>".$user."</td></tr>
    <tr><th>Name: </th><td>".$row['callname']."</td></tr>
<tr><th>Email: </th><td>".$row['email']."</td></tr>
<tr><th>Password: </th><td><input type='password' value='".$row['password']."' disabled='true' /></td></tr>
<tr><th>Registered: </th><td>".$row['registered']."</td></tr>
    <tr><th>Last Login: </th><td>".$row['lastlogin']."</td></tr>";
 
echo "</table><br />
<input type='submit' value='edit profile' />
</form>";
  }
  }
  
  else {
  die (); 
  }
 ?>
 <?php

include('footer.php');

?>

Here's the link to the user's own profile:
<a href=myprofile.php?id='.$id.'>Profile</a>

And here's the edit profile link, which works fine:
<?php

include('config.php');
include('date.php');
 
if(isset($_POST['btnedit'])){
$callname = $_POST['callname'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$password = $_POST['password'];
 
$sql = mysql_query( "UPDATE users SET callname='".$callname."', email='".$email."', password='".$password."' WHERE id='".$_SESSION['id']."'" );

if($sql){
echo "<script>alert('profile updated');window.location='myprofile.php'</script>";
}else{
echo "<script>alert('updating profile failed!');</script>";
}
 
}
 
 
 
 
$sql = mysql_query( "SELECT * FROM users WHERE id='".$_SESSION['id']."'" ); 
$row = mysql_fetch_array($sql);

$userfinal = $_SESSION['id'];

$user = $userfinal;

echo "<h2>Edit profile</h2>
<form method='post'>
<table><tr><th>ID#:</th><td>".$user."</td></tr>
<tr><th>Name:</th><td><input type='text' name='callname' value='".$row['callname']."'/></td></tr>
<tr><th>Email:</th><td><input type='text' name='email' value='".$row['email']."'/></td></tr>
<tr><th>Password:</th><td><input type='password' name='password' value='".$row['password']."'/></td></tr>
<tr><th>Registered:</th><td>".$row['registered']."</td></tr>
<tr><th>Last Login:</th><td>".$row['lastlogin']."</td></tr>
</table><br />
<input type='submit' name='btnedit' value='update' />
</form>";
 
 
 ?>
 <?php

include('footer.php');

?>

It fails, it says the query was empty, even though there are user accounts created and information is being stored (as it worked fine before I tried editing the code to make it public.  What am I doing wrong?

Hi everyone.  Getting my head back into PHP after a long time away, so pardon the newbie question!

I would like to create a simple website that is private to me and a few select people.  The intention is to be able to share pictures or files.  (Sort of my like my own personal dropbox.)

Looking to put up some Holiday photos, so this needs to be a quick endeavor.

I was thinking of creating a php page that is a log in page.  No database, but f the user enters the correct username and password then I could reveal photos or maybe links to other pages.

How does that sound?

I have done .htaccess files in the past, but they sorta look crude and might scare non-technical people away.

Thoughts?

 

Dear all ,

i am trying the following :

i have a class named ACCOUNT with many properties in .some of these properties are array , it is like this :
Code: [Select]
class ACCOUNT
{

    PRIVATE $DB_LINK;
    PRIVATE $COMP;
    PRIVATE $BRANCH;
    PRIVATE $CURRENCY;
    PRIVATE $GL;
    PRIVATE $CIF;
    PRIVATE $SL;
    PRIVATE $EXIST;
    PRIVATE $STATUS;
    private $ACCOUNT_NAME=ARRAY("LA"=>'',"LE"=>'',"SA"=>'',"SE"=>'');
    private $ACCOUNT_BALANCE =ARRAY('FC_YTD','CV_YTD','CV_BAL','YTD_BAL','BLOCKED_CV','BLOCKED_FC');
    private $CY_NAME=ARRAY("LA"=>'',"LE"=>'',"SA"=>'',"SE"=>'');
    private $ACCOUNT_NAME_USR=ARRAY("LA"=>'',"LE"=>'',"SA"=>'',"SE"=>'');
    private $LEDGER_NAME= ARRAY("LA"=>'',"LE"=>'');



i have created the following method to call any property

[code]    FUNCTION GET_SPECIFEC_ATT($ATT,$LANG)
    {
    $ATT=$ATT."['L$LANG']";
    ECHO $this->$ATT;

    }
but i am getting the below error :
Notice:  Undefined property: ACCOUNT::$BRANCH_NAME['LA'] in D:\wamp\www\EBANK\account.class on line 186

if i used this :
Code: [Select]
    echo $this->BRANCH_NAME['LA'];
it is working fine .
and the method is working fine i can iam trying to call property which is NOT an array.


Can you please help me in what iam doing wrong ?


Thanks in advance

Hey all,

I'm sure this is a really basic question but I'd like a definite answer.  I've been watching a tutorial and seeing some site references regarding connecting to a sql database using php.  Since it contains a password to the database, my question is, how secure is this page on a webserver, or does it not even matter since the code is so specific to the website and the database it is connecting to.

Thank you in advance.
Chris

Hi Guys   I'm building a php application where users must login to access a set of private images. The images display as a set of thumbs to the user, which they can click to download the full size image. so I need to read a whole batch images (500+) of them from a directory.   So I'd like some advice on the best way to:   1) Keep files from being world readable.
I know you could probably achieve this using htaccess or storing them outside the document root but which is best given that I need to read a whole directory with hundreds of images? 2) How to access the images If it turns out storing the images off document root is the way to go, what's the most efficient way to read a directory off the doc root and access the individual images (readfile for instance)?   Thanks in advance,   Drongo  

Hello World ! i got this script of PM system on my website where 2 or 3 users can send PM to each other it work ok but it

<?php
header :  PM (unread count)
$msgs_count = GetUnreadMessagesCount($session_user["id"]);
and got this in the Index header :  PM <span>( <?=$msgs_count;?> )</span>

 /* Hello World ! i got a website where 2 or 3 users can create and send PM everything work good but have this bug . */
Example message thread#id1 Sender: A send the message to  B & C  ok now B & C got PM (1)
B make reply to this PM and C the same now the bug is userA will have PM(2) like he have 2unread messages 
but is different reply in the same message so need to count only (1) by Thread not reply ok if A read it and send new reply now B & C will have PM (3)
i hope someone can help me with this code thank you ! 

this is message_tbl for database


<?php
$tbl_messages_fields = array(
	"id"		=> "INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT", 
	"threadId"	=> "INT(11)", 
	"type"		=> "VARCHAR(4)", 
	"heldById"	=> "INT", 
	"fromId"	=> "INT", 
	"toId"		=> "VARCHAR(32)", 
	"isRead"	=> "INT(1) $d0", 
	"isStarred"	=> "INT(1) $d0", 
	"isDeleted"	=> "INT(1) $d0", 
	"subject"	=> "VARCHAR(150)", 
	"message"	=> "VARCHAR(10000)", 
	"timestamp"	=> "INT(12)");
SetupTable('tbl_messages', $tbl_messages_fields);

function UpdateMessageField($conditions, $field, $value){
	global $dbPrep;
	$add = array();
	foreach($conditions as $key=>$val){
		$add[] = "`$key`=:$key";
	}
	$add = implode(" AND ", $add);
	$sql = "UPDATE `tbl_messages` SET $field=:$field WHERE $add";
	$query = $dbPrep->prepare($sql);
	$data = array_merge($conditions, array("$field"=>$value));
	$query->execute($data);
}

function GetMessagesQuery($data = array(), $complexConditions = "", $extra = ""){
	$dbPrep = GetDatabaseConnection();
	$sql = "SELECT * FROM `tbl_messages` ";
	$add = " ";
	foreach($data as $key=>$value){
		$add.= "AND `$key`=:$key ";
	}
	$add = ($add != " ") ? "WHERE" . substr($add, 4, strlen($add)) : $add;
	$sql.= $add." ".$complexConditions." ".$extra;
	$query = $dbPrep->prepare($sql);
	$query->execute($data);
	return GetRows($query);
}

function GetThreadQuery($conditions = array(), $complexConditions = "", $extra = ""){
	global $dbPrep;
	
	$add = array();
	foreach($conditions as $key=>$val){
		$add[] = "`$key`=:$key";
	}
	$add = implode(" AND ", $add);
	
	$sql = "SELECT a.*, b.username AS fromUsername, b.type AS fromType FROM `tbl_messages` AS a ";
	$sql .= "INNER JOIN `tbl_users` AS b ON a.fromId=b.id ";
	$sql .= "WHERE $add ORDER BY timestamp ASC";
	#echo $sql;
	
	$query = $dbPrep->prepare($sql);
	$query->execute($conditions);
	return GetRows($query);
}

$p_NewMessage = $dbPrep->prepare("INSERT INTO `tbl_messages` (type, threadId, heldById, fromId, toId, subject, message, timestamp) VALUES (:type, :threadId, :heldById, :fromId, :toId, :subject, :message, :timestamp);");

$sql = "SELECT a.*, b.type as fromType FROM `tbl_messages` AS a ";
$sql .= "INNER JOIN `tbl_users` AS b ON a.fromId=b.id ";
$sql .= "WHERE threadId=:id AND heldById=:heldById AND isDeleted=0 ORDER BY timestamp ASC";
$p_GetSingleMessage = $dbPrep->prepare($sql);

function UnDeleteThread($threadId, $heldById){
	global $dbPrep;
         $p_UnDeleteThread = $dbPrep->prepare("UPDATE `tbl_messages` SET isDeleted=0,isRead=0 WHERE threadId=:threadId AND heldById=:heldById");
	$p_UnDeleteThread->execute(array("threadId"=>$threadId, "heldById"=>$heldById));
}

function GetRecipients($sessId, $fromId, $toId){
	$allParties = $sessId . "," . $fromId . "," . $toId;
	$arr = array_unique(explode(",", $allParties));
	if (($key = array_search($sessId, $arr)) !== false) {
		unset($arr[$key]);
	}
	return implode (",", $arr);
}

function GetRecipientName($id){
	global $dbPrep;
	$sql = "SELECT username FROM `tbl_users` WHERE id=:id";
	$query = $dbPrep->prepare($sql);
	$query->execute(array("id"=>$id));
	$row = $query->fetch( PDO::FETCH_ASSOC );
	return $row["username"];
}

function GetRecipientNames($recipients){
	$all = explode(",", $recipients);
	$val = array();
	foreach ($all as $a){
		$val[] = GetRecipientName($a);
	}
	return $val;
}

$p_GetUnreadMessagesCount = $dbPrep->prepare("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM `tbl_messages` WHERE isRead=0 AND heldById=:heldById AND type='recv'");
$unreadMsgsCount = -1;
function GetUnreadMessagesCount($uid){
	global $unreadMsgsCount;
	global $p_GetUnreadMessagesCount;
	if($unreadMsgsCount == -1){
		$p_GetUnreadMessagesCount->execute(array("heldById"=>$uid));
		$unreadMsgsCount = $p_GetUnreadMessagesCount->fetch( PDO::FETCH_ASSOC );
		$unreadMsgsCount = $unreadMsgsCount["COUNT(*)"];
	}
	return $unreadMsgsCount;
}

function GetNewThreadId(){
	global $dbPrep;
	$threadId = 1;
	$p_GetLatestThreadId = $dbPrep->prepare("SELECT MAX(threadId) FROM `tbl_messages`");
	$p_GetLatestThreadId->execute();
	$latestThreadId = $p_GetLatestThreadId->fetch( PDO::FETCH_ASSOC );
	if($latestThreadId){
		$threadId = $latestThreadId["MAX(threadId)"]+1;
	}
	return $threadId;
}			
?>




		if(isset($_REQUEST["mark_read"])){
			if(isset($_REQUEST["message_all_toggle"]))
				foreach($_REQUEST["message_all"] as $m)
					SetNotificationRead($m, $session_user["id"], 1);
			elseif(isset($_REQUEST["message"]))
				foreach($_REQUEST["message"] as $m)
					SetNotificationRead($m, $session_user["id"], 1);
			else
				foreach($_REQUEST["message_all"] as $m)
					SetNotificationRead($m, $session_user["id"], 1);
		}
		if(isset($_REQUEST["mark_unread"])){
			if(isset($_REQUEST["message_all_toggle"]))
				foreach($_REQUEST["message_all"] as $m)
					SetNotificationRead($m, $session_user["id"], 0);
			elseif(isset($_REQUEST["message"]))
				foreach($_REQUEST["message"] as $m)
					SetNotificationRead($m, $session_user["id"], 0);
			else
				foreach($_REQUEST["message_all"] as $m)
					SetNotificationRead($m, $session_user["id"], 0);
		}
		if(isset($_REQUEST["delete"])){
			if(isset($_REQUEST["message_all_toggle"]))
				foreach($_REQUEST["message_all"] as $m)
					RemoveNotificationById($m, $session_user["id"]);
			elseif(isset($_REQUEST["message"]))
				foreach($_REQUEST["message"] as $m)
					RemoveNotificationById($m, $session_user["id"]);
		}
	} else {
		if(isset($_REQUEST["delete"])){
			if(is_numeric($_REQUEST["delete"])){
				UpdateMessageField(array("threadId"=>$_REQUEST["delete"], "heldById"=>$session_user["id"]), "isStarred", 0);
				UpdateMessageField(array("threadId"=>$_REQUEST["delete"], "heldById"=>$session_user["id"]), "isDeleted", 1);
				UpdateMessageField(array("threadId"=>$_REQUEST["delete"], "heldById"=>$session_user["id"]), "isRead", 1);
			}elseif(isset($_REQUEST["message_all_toggle"])){
				$messages = $_REQUEST["message_all"];
				foreach($messages as $m){
					UpdateMessageField(array("threadId"=>$m, "heldById"=>$session_user["id"]), "isStarred", 0);
					UpdateMessageField(array("threadId"=>$m, "heldById"=>$session_user["id"]), "isDeleted", 1);
					UpdateMessageField(array("threadId"=>$m, "heldById"=>$session_user["id"]), "isRead", 1);
				}
			}elseif(isset($_REQUEST["message"])){
				$messages = $_REQUEST["message"];
				foreach($messages as $m){
					UpdateMessageField(array("threadId"=>$m, "heldById"=>$session_user["id"]), "isStarred", 0);
					UpdateMessageField(array("threadId"=>$m, "heldById"=>$session_user["id"]), "isDeleted", 1);
					UpdateMessageField(array("threadId"=>$m, "heldById"=>$session_user["id"]), "isRead", 1);
				}
			}
		}
		if(isset($_REQUEST["messagestar"])){
			if(isset($_REQUEST["message_all_toggle"])){
				$messages = $_REQUEST["message_all"];
				foreach($messages as $m){
					UpdateMessageField(array("threadId"=>$m, "heldById"=>$session_user["id"]), "isStarred", 1);
				}
			}elseif(isset($_REQUEST["message"])){
				$messages = $_REQUEST["message"];
				foreach($messages as $m){
					UpdateMessageField(array("threadId"=>$m, "heldById"=>$session_user["id"]), "isStarred", 1);
				}
			}
		}
		if(isset($_REQUEST["deletestarred"])){
			if(isset($_REQUEST["message_all_toggle"])){
				$messages = $_REQUEST["message_all"];
				foreach($messages as $m){
					UpdateMessageField(array("threadId"=>$m, "heldById"=>$session_user["id"]), "isStarred", 0);
				}
			}elseif(isset($_REQUEST["message"])){
				$messages = $_REQUEST["message"];
				foreach($messages as $m){
					UpdateMessageField(array("threadId"=>$m, "heldById"=>$session_user["id"]), "isStarred", 0);
				}
			}
		}
		if(isset($_REQUEST["mark_unread"])){
			if(isset($_REQUEST["message_all_toggle"])){
				$messages = $_REQUEST["message_all"];
				foreach($messages as $m){
					UpdateMessageField(array("threadId"=>$m, "heldById"=>$session_user["id"]), "isRead", 0);
				}
			}elseif(isset($_REQUEST["message"])){
				$messages = $_REQUEST["message"];
				foreach($messages as $m){
					UpdateMessageField(array("threadId"=>$m, "heldById"=>$session_user["id"]), "isRead", 0);
				}
			} 
		}
		if(isset($_REQUEST["mark_read"])){
			if(isset($_REQUEST["message_all_toggle"])){
				$messages = $_REQUEST["message_all"];
				foreach($messages as $m){
					UpdateMessageField(array("threadId"=>$m, "heldById"=>$session_user["id"]), "isRead", 1);
				}
			}elseif(isset($_REQUEST["message"])){
				$messages = $_REQUEST["message"];
				foreach($messages as $m){
					UpdateMessageField(array("threadId"=>$m, "heldById"=>$session_user["id"]), "isRead", 1);
				}
			}
		}
	}

	$details = isset($_REQUEST["details"])?$_REQUEST["details"]:0;
	$session_user = GetUserById($session_user["id"]);

 

Hi there people of the PHP forum,

This functions intention is to output the same code 4 digit code twice before generating a new one, I can get it to do one fine, but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get it to repeat twice before changing on the third call.
 
private function KeyGen(){

$Numerical  = range(0,9);
$Alpha = range("A","Z");

$Keys = array_merge($Numerical, $Alpha);
return $Keys[rand(0,35)].$Keys[rand(0,35)].$Keys[rand(0,35)].$Keys[rand(0,35)];
}

I am needing it to do this so that each 'set' of 2 calls to the function (within the class) gives the same 4 digit code.  At the moment I am just making one call & then assigning that single call to a variable and then referencing that var twice, this is not what I want to do, but it scratches the itch for now...

Any idea's/other logic would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,
Rw

Hi,
when i extend a class containing a private variable and then access the variable in the extended class it doesn't produce any error and works fine and when i access the variable using the object of the extended class it works even then, i think private variable should not be accessable in an extended class neither by object of that extended class
here is the code


<?php

class textbox{

var $body_text, $body_text1;

private $body_private="this is private value";

protected $body_protect="this is protected value";

function __construct($text_in, $text_out){

$this->body_text=$text_in;

$this->body_text1=$text_out;

}

function display(){

echo "$this->body_text<br>";

echo "<i>";

echo "$this->body_text1</i><br>";

echo "$this->body_private<br/>";

echo "$this->body_protect<br/>";

}

function test_new(){

echo "see if this private echo works";

}

}

$box=new textbox("any new value","any old value" );

$box->display();

$box->body_text="this is public thats why i can access it";

$box->body_text1="this is public thats why i can access it";

/*$box->body_private="this is private value changed";   //you will see we can't access the private and protected memebers from outside

$box->body_protect="this is protected value changed"; */

$box->display();

$box->test_new();



class textboxbold extends textbox{

function __construct($text_on, $text_off, $text_get, $text_go)

{$this->body_text=$text_on;

$this->body_text1=$text_off;

$this->body_protect=$text_get;

$this->body_private=$text_go;

}

function display(){

echo "<b>$this->body_text</b><br>";

echo "<b>$this->body_text1</b><br>";

echo "<b>$this->body_protect</b><br>";

echo "<i>$this->body_private</i><br>";

}

}

$boxnew=new textboxbold("new Bold text", "text in bold","protected member","private");

$boxnew->display();

$boxnew->body_private="this is simple text taken from outside";

$boxnew->display();

$boxnew->test_new();

?>


please recommend, is it working as it should be

Hello,

I've got a huge database that is filled with text. It is encoded in UTF8 and some of the symbols used (like emoticons) are encoded in the private use area of UTF8 (http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/block/private_use_area/utf8test.htm). Now I want to replace those codes of the private use area with the corresponding smilies etcetera.

So actually my question is, how do I replace specific UTF8 codes with something else in PHP?

Thanks in advance!

Hi, I am making a dating site where I have made the user profile edit page visible to the user when they log in, and I think I can get away with not showing the user their "public" profile view. But I definitely need to show other users on the site the "public" non editing profile page view. But I don't know how to do this.

I have yet to create the search, search results, thumbnails with optional descriptions of the possible dating results.

But I first want to just get 2 versions of the user profile page view. One that the user sees that I have already done. (The editable one). And the other I need to make which is the page the other users will see, (The public profile)

Please if anyone has any idea how to do this I would greatly appreciate it, especially if you have any pseudocode ideas. thank you. 

Hello-
   I want to create is fairly simple client login. Basically we have an area in our server, a directory really, filled with pw protected directories which house client project sites, basically viewing rooms for graphics and video we post. we have a few sites up and working, but instead of giving our clients a link and a password (which is kinda sloppy) it would be ideal to have them go to a single index page and login from there.

I see the client entering a name and password and the script would match it to the directory and they would be taken to their designated client area. Another way would be to select their directory from a drop down and then enter the user and password, though then clients will be able to see other clients names, which would be less than ideal for disclosure reasons.

I hope this makes sense. I am not new to html css, but have only a bit of experience with php, so any help would be greatly appreciated.

thanks
Matt