Hey Stut,
Thanks for replying.
Will be making two versions, one with a DB and one to work with the file for the old school folks who dont want to convert their file and use "new fangled" databases... some people its easier to just not argue or try to convince...
and however stupid someone's opinion is, they are still entitled to it...esp when you are thinking of (maybe) selling a future product it does not make much sense telling them they are stupid :-))
"If you *need* to stick to using the file, are you looking for a
particular username or just want to load the whole list?"
I'm looking to match a login (user:pass)... so I would need to load the whole list right? or do you have an alternative idea? am totally open to suggestions and alternatives at this point... just looking for the easiest way in terms of server load and processing..which is why I am trying to avoid a for() or while() loop.
Thanks!
Ryan
Stut <stuttle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Ryan A wrote:
> I have a login/password file with these kind of values:
> user1:pass1
> user2:pass2
> cat:dog
> love:hate
>
> I have opened the file and put it into an array with this code:
> (thanks to richard lynch from this list for idea and code snippets)
>
> $file = file_get_contents('a.htpasswd');
> preg_match_all('/(.*):(.*)$/msU', $file, $htpassd);
>
> but how do I get it into this format :
>
> $users['username'] = 'password'
>
> without using a loop? I was thinking something like array_flip or array_splice??
> (The reason I dont want to use a loop (for,while) is there can be thousands of user:pass combos in the files and thousands of logins and attempted logins a day)
My advice would be to swap to using a database. With that number of
users it's going to give you a huge boost in performance. SQLite would do.
If you *need* to stick to using the file, are you looking for a
particular username or just want to load the whole list?
-Stut
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