1) .htaccess is a lot more secure than a MySQL system, due to the encryption methods. You can set .htaccess to block a users IP, if they enter an incorrect password more than a few times. With a MySQLscript, you could do this, but it would require editing a .htaccess script (or your main config file), so that it block their IP. With the combo scripts (both .htaccess and MySQL), I would imagine they store the user/password in the .htaccess file, and the user + other details in the MySQL database. That way, when someone logs in.. they can grab the .htaccess username they are logged in with, and cross reference it with the MySQL database.

2) If you can find one that works, then yes. If not, then just make do with what you can do/find. The beauty of PHP/Perl, is that its open source... so you can just modify the core codes to do what you want

Chees

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk

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