login with access database

i need to create a log in that connect to an access database to retrieve the passwords. i have created a log in and can enter a password but i don't know how to connect it to the database to get the password from there instead. this is the code i have:

PHP:

<?php
$ActualPassword= "secret";
if ($_POST["PasswordGuess"] ==  $ActualPassword)
     {
    session_start();
    $_SESSION["Authorised"] = "Y";
    header("Location: index.php"); 
    }
else
    header("Location: wrongpassword.php"); 
?>

can anyone help please?

 

Use the PEAR DB package. You'll find it here.