Im trying to get a login on my page im working on. I dont want to use the .htaccess because i am having people post news etc. But i have looked around at other scripts and tryed to understand how they work but i dont get it. Here is the for and sql I am using(dont have any php dont know how :]).

Code:
CREATE TABLE users (
  user_id int(25) NOT NULL auto_increment,
  users_first_name varchar(25) NOT NULL default '',
  users_last_name varchar(25) NOT NULL default '',
  users_email_address varchar(25) NOT NULL default '',
  users_nick varchar(25) NOT NULL default '',
  users_password varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',
  users_extra text NOT NULL,
  users_level enum('0','1','2','3','4','5','6') NOT NULL default '0',
  users_joindate datetime NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
  users_last_login datetime NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
  users_activated enum('0','1') NOT NULL default '0',
  icq varchar(20) NOT NULL default '',
  aim varchar(20) NOT NULL default '',
  yahoo varchar(20) NOT NULL default '',
  users_title varchar(250) NOT NULL default 'User',
  users_dirthday date NOT NULL default '0000-00-00',
  ipaddress varchar(20) NOT NULL default '',
  cookie varchar(32) binary NOT NULL default '',
  PRIMARY KEY  (user_id)
) TYPE=MyISAM COMMENT='Membership Information';
and here is the form

Code:
<FORM METHOD=post ACTION="<?echo $PHP_SELF?>">
<CENTER>Nick<BR>
<INPUT TYPE="text" VALUE="" NAME="username" SIZE="10" MAXLENGTH="25"><BR>
Password<BR>
<INPUT TYPE="password" VALUE="" NAME="password" SIZE="10" MAXLENGTH="20"><BR>
<INPUT TYPE="submit" NAME="login" VALUE="Login">
  </CENTER>
</FORM>
You think you could help me out. Thanks!