Great script, about 5 minutes to implement. www.evolt.org/node/60384

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and start coding ;)
this is the best way

You should make sure that your connectino is secured via SSL, passwords are hashed when stored within a database, and try to make sure that you validate effectively.

You can of course redirect http:// yoursite. Com/loginpage. Php  to something like https:// yoursite. Com/login. Php