making a user only area

I am working on a website and allowing users to upload their own PHPBB themes. They will need to login and access a users only area and only upload to their particular file. Would PHP and MySQL be the best language to write that in or are there others more suited for the project?

depends on what you want to do exactly

Almost any language can do this. But php/myql is free so I would say yes use those.

General idea is i want them to finish the setup for phpbb once i create and e-mail them the database info. from there i want them to be able to delete the install directory from there folder only. would it still be wise to use php?

You need to be clearer on what you want exactly. You can do almost anything with php/mysql. But we can't exactly help if you dont help us in understanding you.

At http://www.travianalliances.com I am wanting it where the user logs in on the main page. From the members area I am wanting them to control their billing, their PHPbb account, their Truppen Tool account. I am trying to be as specific as possible. I am not sure if PHP would be the best language or another.

Listen, this is what you need to do.

Write up a page listing exactly what you want, how you want it to work.
Be very detailed and precise.

Do you have already, a billing system?
A truppen tool system?
Do the above need to be made?
To what advantage does the user have to control there PHPBB account?
What can they do with it?
When they log in, what else can they do besides managing there PHPBB account (what account? where?), controlling their billing (billing for what?), their truppen tool account (what is truppen?)?
Are you want people to be able to control their accounts of other systems through one site?
What is it exactly that you want users to do and why?

These are just some of the 101 questions that you should tell us briefly, I mean, if I built you something from what you've said so far, it might turn out to be no where near what you are wanting.

You must explain!

from what I gather, if you're using php scripts you probably should use php code for what you want.

Originally Posted by Jeremy from what I gather, if you're using php scripts you probably should use php code for what you want.

?seriously

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make it so when they login it sets a session...
and then on pages you want to protect with a login do..