Hello Bruce, I didn't want to sound like a walking advertisement on this list so I have sticky emailed specific information direct to you about your question and our answer. However, I DID want the list to know about a freeware ( LGPL license ) mini application that protects sensitive web pages with just one line of code (after self installation on any web server). This freeware app is called admin-login-only and it performs basic single user (administration) session based authentication. More info: http://www.globalissa.com/showcase.php?n=13&p=15 FREE Download: http://www.globalissa.com/download.php?n=13&p=15 We encourage commercial / or any use with the open ended LGPL license. The software is absolutely free. Dave. === Bruce wrote: hi... i'm in the process of looking for/creating a function to allow me to perform user login/registration/etc, as well as handle a user admin function. snip -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php