PHP what is the easiest way to create users? - php

Question

I want to create a very simple website with just 10 users for my school project. I am trying to use simplest code as possible. So I figured it would be best to hard code username/password combinations to a php file.
Like,
$users = array ('Shannon'=>array('password1')
I just want to create 10 variables that contains passwords. So I figured an array would be best option.
Can anybody explain to me how to create a two dimensional array then later on retrieve the array information to authenticate logging in ?
PS I have a good background in C++.

Answer 1

Simple as hell.
$users = array();
$users['Shannon'] = array('Password' => 'Banana');
$users['April'] = array('Password' => 'Qwerty');
$name = 'April'; // Entered in login form name
$password = 'Apple'; // Entered in login form password
if($users[$name]['password'] == $password) {
// login
} else {
// dont login
}

Answer 2

$users = array('user1'=> array('username' => 'Shannon, 'password' => herPassword'),
'user2' => array('username' => 'Shannon, 'password' => herPassword'))
foreach($users as $user) {
if ($user['username'] == 'USERINPUT' AND $user['password'] == 'USERINPUTPASSWORD) {
// log the user in
}
}
This would be the solution, for a PRIVATE website only! Normally you are working with a database, where you store each account in. Then you would escape the user input aswell, to make sure that nobody stores invalid things into your database, and to prevent your database from SQL Injection.

Answer 3

If you want filling details manually you can do something like.
$users=array();
$user['Shannon']="password";
$user['user2']="password2";
and so on
and check for password like
$username=$_POST['username'];
if(isset($user[$username])&&$user[$username]===$_POST['password'])
//Login sucessfull
Note: This is very bad idea for doing registration like this and storing passwords in plain text.