I wrote a working php authentication script for my HTTP file Server. Now, I want to write a login page with some nice graphics. I usually write my pages in HTML5, javacscript, and CSS. I am not sure how to implement the php authentication script. So far I have two ways I think I know of:
Write the login page in html5 and javascript, use ajax call to the php script after user enters name/password in input boxes, pass the username and password to the script, and have php return ether true or false depending on if that user was authenticated. Problem is, I do not know how to get php return true or false to javascript.
Write a PHP front controller model where the index.php loads html5, javascript, and css for graphics and if user is authenticated then redirect to the normal index.html document for the html file server. The problem with this is I am not familiar with using php as the front controller and I don't know if I can dynamically change elements with javascript for special effects just as if it was a normal html5 page.
