How to bypass the .htaccess popup dialog

From: Marko Lahtinen (marko.lahtinen_at_aceguard.fi)
Date: 10/24/03 

Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 23:52:14 +0300

Hello!

A part of my website is protected with a .htaccess file. Can I somehow
bypass the username/password dialog ??
Can I somehow "hardcode" the authentication name and password in my php-file
or can I use for example a html form/mysql authentication and at the same
time set some variables or headers (or something) so the user can access the
.htaccess part ? A stupid example: if user presses a button, user gets
transferred to the protected site without the popup-dialog ?

Thanks!!

Marko