[TYPO3-english] authentication question

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"David Arroyo Menendez" <david.arroyo at bbvaglobalnet.com> wrote in message 
news:mailman.17566.1263474262.615.typo3-english at lists.typo3.org...
>I need do that when the browser request a given php file authenticate with 
>a
> specific user and password. How can I do it? Are there some php function 
> to
> authenticate? I am using typo3 4.2.8.
>
> Regards!

Web server rewrites everything to TYPO3 index.php so it's not clear how do 
you access that php script?