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php, html, js Need to build login to my website

I have an assignment to build a login page for my website with a userID and password input. It can't use a database to hold profiles.  It must use a textfile.
 I started building it with code from a lab assignment that takes customer inputs, stores them to an array, and then prints them back out onto the page.
Here is what I think I need to do:
1) I need to redirect the echo back to the page, and get it to write to the profile.dat file.
2) I need to have a textfile (profiles.dat) that stores two pieces of data for each record: userID and pswd.
3)  Then I need to call up that profiles.dat, and pull all the records into an array.
4)  Then loop through each record in the array until I find a userID that matches the   input.
If I find a match, then
       pull the array(1) field - pswd, and check if it matches the input pswd.
       If it matches, then
             Redirect to home page.
      else
            Stay at login page. Alert message: " pswd was not validated"
      end
else
     Stay at login page. Alert message: " pswd was not validated"
end

Can someone tell me if this sounds like the correct approach?  Additional information would be appreciated as to what to avoid or best practices, etc.

Thanks, Lynn
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Thank you for your comments they were both helpful.<br />Regards, Lynn
Just out of curiosity, what would have made this an A answer?