HoW to create User Authentication and Management (login script)?

this is what i want to do: i have a website and i need to make it so that visitors can create accounts. I need to be able to manage these accounts (for example they will complete a deal and i have to be able to update their profile when its verified). Ive looked around and everybody tells me that i will need a database. Im guessing this has something to do with MySQL and PHP scripts. Do i need MySQL and PHP or can i jsut use PHP. And how are the free scripts out there? I wouldnt have time to read through everything because i have to read through dreamweaver tutorials and photoshop tutorials. Also the template i will be using is this one http://www.templatemonster.com/website-templates/16583.html will it be hard to implement User Authentication and Management into it?

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  1. You could use a simple text file to store all your data instead of a DB, but one bad or incomplete transaction could corrupt your text file. Not recommended imho, use a DB !
  2. http://monkeypaw201.googlepages.com For the tutorials...
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