Password protected directory

["Ben Miller" <biprellim@xxxxxxxxx>]

I need to access and read the files in a password protected directory with a
PHP script using the readdir function.  I'm already making users login to a
secure area, so I don't want to make them enter a password again to access
the files - is there a way to include the password with the readdir/opendir
function with PHP?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Ben