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+<?
+
+/**
+* Class for handling htaccess of Apache
+* @author    Sven Wagener <sven.wagener@intertribe.de>
+* @copyright Intertribe - Internetservices Germany
+* @include 	 Funktion:_include_
+*/
+
+class htaccess{
+    var $fHtaccess=""; // path and filename for htaccess file
+    var $fHtgroup="";  // path and filename for htgroup file
+    var $fPasswd="";   // path and filename for passwd file
+    
+    var $authType="Basic"; // Default authentification type
+    var $authName="Internal area"; // Default authentification name
+
+    /**
+    * Initialising class htaccess
+    */
+    function htaccess($htaccess,$htpasswd){
+    $this->fHtaccess = $htaccess;
+    $this->fPasswd = $htpasswd;
+    }
+
+    /**
+    * Sets the filename and path of .htaccess to work with
+    * @param string	$filename    the name of htaccess file
+    */
+    function setFHtaccess($filename){
+        $this->fHtaccess=$filename;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+    * Sets the filename and path of the htgroup file for the htaccess file
+    * @param string	$filename    the name of htgroup file
+    */
+    function setFHtgroup($filename){
+        $this->fHtgroup=$filename;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+    * Sets the filename and path of the password file for the htaccess file
+    * @param string	$filename    the name of htgroup file
+    */
+    function setFPasswd($filename){
+        $this->fPasswd=$filename;
+    }
+
+    /**
+    * Adds a user to the password file
+    * @param string $username     Username
+    * @param string $password     Password for Username
+    * @param string $group        Groupname for User (optional)
+    * @return boolean $created         Returns true if user have been created otherwise false
+    */
+    function addUser($username,$password,$group=""){
+        // checking if user already exists
+        $file=@fopen($this->fPasswd,"r");
+        $isAlready=false;
+        while($line=@fgets($file,200)){
+            $lineArr=explode(":",$line);
+            if($username==$lineArr[0]){
+                $isAlready=true;
+             }
+        }
+        
+        if($isAlready==false){
+            $file=fopen($this->fPasswd,"a");
+            
+			if(strtolower(substr($_ENV["OS"],0,7))!="windows"){
+				$password=crypt($password);
+			}
+            
+            $newLine=$username.":".$password."\n";
+
+            fputs($file,$newLine);
+            fclose($file);
+            return true;
+        }else{
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+    * Adds a group to the htgroup file
+    * @param string $groupname     Groupname
+    */
+    function addGroup($groupname){
+        $file=fopen($this->fHtgroup,"a");
+        fclose($file);
+    }
+
+    /**
+    * Deletes a user in the password file
+    * @param string $username     Username to delete
+    * @return boolean $deleted    Returns true if user have been deleted otherwise false
+    */
+    function delUser($username){
+        // Reading names from file
+        $file=fopen($path.$this->fPasswd,"r");
+        $i=0;
+        while($line=fgets($file,200)){
+            $lineArr=explode(":",$line);
+            if($username!=$lineArr[0]){
+                $newUserlist[$i][0]=$lineArr[0];
+                $newUserlist[$i][1]=$lineArr[1];
+                $i++;
+            }else{
+                $deleted=true;
+            }
+        }
+        fclose($file);
+
+        // Writing names back to file (without the user to delete)
+        $file=fopen($path.$this->fPasswd,"w");
+        for($i=0;$i<count($newUserlist);$i++){
+            fputs($file,$newUserlist[$i][0].":".$newUserlist[$i][0]."\n");
+        }
+        fclose($file);
+        
+        if($deleted==true){
+            return true;
+        }else{
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+    
+    /**
+    * Returns an array of all users in a password file
+    * @return array $users All usernames of a password file in an array
+    */
+    function getUsers() {
+	$file=fopen($this->fPasswd,"r");
+	for($i=0;$line=fgets($file,200);$i++) {
+	    $lineArr=explode(":",$line);
+	    if($lineArr[0]!="") {
+		$userlist[$i][0]=$lineArr[0];
+	    }
+	}
+	fclose($file);
+
+	// sort users
+	array_multisort($userlist);
+		
+	return $userlist;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+    * Sets a password to the given username
+    * @param string $username     The name of the User for changing password
+    * @param string $password     New Password for the User
+    * @return boolean $isSet      Returns true if password have been set
+    */    
+    function setPasswd($username,$new_password){
+        // Reading names from file
+        $newUserlist="";
+        
+        $file=fopen($this->fPasswd,"r");
+        $x=0;
+        for($i=0;$line=fgets($file,200);$i++){
+            $lineArr=explode(":",$line);
+            if($username!=$lineArr[0] && $lineArr[0]!="" && $lineArr[1]!=""){
+                $newUserlist[$i][0]=$lineArr[0];
+                $newUserlist[$i][1]=$lineArr[1];
+                $x++;
+            }else if($lineArr[0]!="" && $lineArr[1]!=""){
+                $newUserlist[$i][0]=$lineArr[0];
+                $newUserlist[$i][1]=crypt($new_password)."\n";
+                $isSet=true;
+                $x++;
+            }
+        }
+        fclose($file);
+
+        unlink($this->fPasswd);
+
+        /// Writing names back to file (with new password)
+        $file=fopen($this->fPasswd,"w");
+        for($i=0;$i<count($newUserlist);$i++){
+            $content=$newUserlist[$i][0].":".$newUserlist[$i][1];
+            fputs($file,$content);
+        }
+        fclose($file);
+
+        if($isSet==true){
+            return true;
+        }else{
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+    * Sets the Authentification type for Login
+    * @param string $authtype     Authentification type as string
+    */
+    function setAuthType($authtype){
+        $this->authType=$authtype;
+    }
+
+    /**
+    * Sets the Authentification Name (Name of the login area)
+    * @param string $authname     Name of the login area
+  	*/
+    function setAuthName($authname){
+        $this->authName=$authname;
+    }
+
+    /**
+    * Writes the htaccess file to the given Directory and protects it
+    * @see setFhtaccess()
+  	*/
+    function addLogin(){
+       $file=fopen($this->fHtaccess,"w+");
+       fputs($file,"Order allow,deny\n");
+       fputs($file,"Allow from all\n");
+       fputs($file,"AuthType        ".$this->authType."\n");
+       fputs($file,"AuthUserFile    ".$this->fPasswd."\n\n");
+       fputs($file,"AuthName        \"".$this->authName."\"\n");
+       fputs($file,"require valid-user\n");
+       fclose($file);
+    }
+
+    /**
+    * Deletes the protection of the given directory
+    * @see setFhtaccess()
+    */
+    function delLogin(){
+        unlink($this->fHtaccess);
+    }
+}
+?>
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