Ini files in a webserver

Uhm, one thing I don't understand -- can you re-use an old server and give it new tables? That's what I'm doing. I share some SQL servers that have different functions (eg "updaters" holds both updater tables and log-in tables)

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Originally Posted by Ausomeman

I was going to have them type in their username and password, and have the PHP file check the Data.txt on my server to see if they match.

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You REALLY should use a MySQL database for this.

Text files technically "work," but if you have multiple users accessing the server simultaneously, you could run into file locking issues (someone changes their password at the exact same time someone else logs in, etc), which could corrupt your file, or at the very least, error out.

Also, you don't want anyone to just point a web browser at your data.txt file, then your entire password list is exposed.