Getting Windows Network login username using PHP

[greatjuli]

Hi,
I am trying to develop intranet for my company as the new web admin. When users log in to the network with their username and password, they do not need to login again into the intranet; a single sign-on situation. The intranet will be PHP-MySql on Apache driven. Please does anyone know how i can get the username they used to log on to windows (Network) in my PHP scripts on the intranet. Thank you.

[TheServant]

I don't think this is possible using PHP, because PHP is an internet language which feeds information to browsers and gets information from online databases.

I think that ASP can do what you are after and so maybe there is a way to get username and passwords using ASP and then hand it over to a PHP login script?

[greatjuli]

Thank you! How is this ASP-PHP handover done? can the PHP script reside in ASP file? I have seen a segment of code in ASP where windows username was fetched but dont know how to pass this to PHP.

[TheServant]

Mate, I wish I could help, but I have no experience with ASP. I do know that ASP can interact with databases, so I have a feeling that if they can't directly handover variables you might need a middleman like MySQL.

I have tried to get variables to pass between javascript and PHP before and eventually gave up, but there has to be help out there. Maybe ask on the ASP.NET forums in here? If you do find a solution, I would really appreciate it if you could post it back here for me and others to learn as well.

Maybe a better php programmer with some ASP/PHP experience will see this and be able to help, so check again in a little while.

[nashruddin]

Get the login username in windows using PHP:

<?php
$username = getenv('USERNAME');
?>

[gaxman]

that script doesnt work?