This simple code allows you to restrict certain parts of, or eniter web pages from users without the correct username/password. The nice thing about this pice of code is that because we use cold fusion, it is EXTREEMLY flexible, and secure.
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// Name: Password Protection
// Description:This simple code allows you to restrict certain parts of, or eniter web pages from users without the correct username/password. The nice thing about this pice of code is that because we use cold fusion, it is EXTREEMLY flexible, and secure.
// By: Demetrious Maltsiniotis
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// Assumes:The page that has the login form can be named whatever you want. In my example, the form that accualy checks the username and password is called validate.cfm
But ofcourse you can name it whatever you want, just be sure to edit the code apropriately.
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<!--- This part of the code goes in your login page, the name of the cfm file can be anyuting. Ofcouse you can spice this page up a bit. --->
<html>
<H2> Please Enter your username and Password</H2>
<br>
<cfform action="validation.cfm" method="POST" enablecab="Yes">
Username: <cfinput type="Text" name="Username" required="Yes" maxlength="12">
<br>
Password: <cfinput type="Password" name="Password" required="no" maxlength="12">
<br>
<br>
<input type="submit" value="Login">
</cfform>
</html>
<!--- This part of the code goes into your validation.cfm file --->
<html>
<head>
<title>Validation Page</title>
</head>
<!--- here we check to see if the username = "guest" --->
<cfif username eq "guest">
<!--- and here we check to se if the subsequent password for "guset" alost queals "guest" --->
<cfif password eq "guest">
<h3>Welcome guest!, you can put anything you want in here: queries, private html, or whatever you deem worthy of being protected.</h3>
<cfelse>
<center><h2>Invalid Password!</h2></center>
</cfif>
<cfelse>
<center><h2>Invalid Username!</h2></center>
</cfif>
<h3>Anything you put here will/can be seen by anyone who clicks the logon button, reguardless of username/password. So by this example you can see how easy it is to restrict only certain things, or entier pages from invalid users. Can INCREASE the flexibility of this code by tieing it in with a username/password database, and by playing around with CFOUTPUT a little you can see the possibilities are nearly limitless as to what you want to do. And that is beauty of Cold Fusion.
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<h4>If have any questions, or need any help at all, please feel free to email me at <a href="mailto:remote72@aol.com">remote72@aol.com</a></h4>
</html>
I realy like your use of code for this porpos, I tried it out, tied into a user/pass db and got excelent results, great code man. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
you should use CFLOCK, and store all username / pass values into a session scope.. EG:
to check if user logged in:
Welcome #UserName#!!
Note, there may be 1 or 2 typo's, i didn't copy and paste any code.. just typed it all then.
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