.htaccess username to a php script?

[hsncool]

hi. i hav a website where ive made user's with cpanel, which uses standard .htaccess to authorize users.

i wondered if there was any way of having a php script that could detect the user?

for example, some1 navigates to
they are asked for a user and password.
they log in with username "john" and password "smith1".
and they continue on to that folder, where they'll see the contents of index.php.

is there something i could put in index.php that would return "john" ???

thanx in advance

[hsncool]

i know i didn't really wait long for a reply, but its ok now, i found it.

$REMOTE_USER returns the username that was used. thanx anyway

[yamangman]

You should use $_SERVER['REMOTE_USER'].

[hsncool]

difference?

is it more secure? or...?

[DougMcDonald]

Yes, secure, and the fact that you could overwrite the variable $REMOTE_USER by writing a url query string such as index.php?REMOTE_USER=steve (depending on server settings)