Is there a built-in HTTP solution for managing authentication, or is PHP required for this task?

To manage authentication in PHP, you can use the built-in HTTP authentication mechanism provided by PHP. This allows you to secure your web pages by prompting users to enter a username and password before accessing the content. PHP provides functions like `$_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER']` and `$_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_PW']` to retrieve the entered credentials and validate them against a database or other authentication method. 

if (!isset($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'])) {
    header('WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="My Realm"');
    header('HTTP/1.0 401 Unauthorized');
    echo 'Authentication required.';
    exit;
} else {
    // Validate the entered credentials here
    $username = $_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'];
    $password = $_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_PW'];

    // Check if the credentials are valid
    if ($username === 'admin' && $password === 'password') {
        echo 'You are logged in as ' . $username;
    } else {
        header('WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="My Realm"');
        header('HTTP/1.0 401 Unauthorized');
        echo 'Invalid credentials.';
        exit;
    }
}

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