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Re: login script using file, not mysql [message #171603 is a reply to message #171599] Tue, 11 January 2011 21:17 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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On 11-01-11 22:04, Denis McMahon wrote:
> You can write a password / access control system in php that uses a
> plain text file to store passwords, but there are issues with doing so,
> one of which is the need to allow concurrent write access to the file if
> two users decide to update their passwords at once.
>

if 'write access' is needed to the file

> Using a suitable database avoids such issues.
>

than 'write access' is also needed for the database

so, using a database, and not a file, dose not avoid such issues....


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