While most sites are just looking for a login system (like was posted the other day), there are some out there that just need more "meat" than that to a script, and need something that will allow them to do lots of things in one script - things like: user management, sending emails, a site-wide login, and even random password generation. This new piece from DevArticles covers all these bases and more.

In this piece, Creating a Membership System, the author tells you how you can create a management tool that will allow you and your users to get more out of the site, and to make your interaction with them nice and simple. There's also tons of code in here, so you won't be at a loss for that.

The only thing I wonder about all of the code in this article is that it doesn't seem to be structured - there's no class or even a file to download and include to show you how you can use all of this code. Just cutting and pasting it all over the place can get a bit messy, too...