auth

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//              AUTENTICAZIONE
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if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'])) {
    $nobasic = substr($_SERVER['HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'], 6);            // removing 'Basic ' from the string
    $decoded = base64_decode($nobasic);                                   // decoding string with user:password
    list($client_user, $client_pass) = explode(':', $decoded);
    if ($client_user == "hearst" && $client_pass == "hearst12") {
        // Successfully authenticated
    } else {
        // Authentication failed, username or password are wrong
        header('WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="site"');
        header('HTTP/1.0 401 Unauthorized');
        echo "Wrong credentials :-(";
        exit;
    }
} else {
    // Not authenticated as there is no appropriate header in HTTP request
    header('WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="site"');
    header('HTTP/1.0 401 Unauthorized');
    echo "Wrong credentials :-(";
    exit;
}
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