Hi all-<br /><br />I'm looking for a good PHP User Auth script or class that I can add to my sites for authentication purposes.<br /><br />Right now, I'd like open source freeware, so that it's free (duh) and that I can customize it and learn from it as I go.<br /><br />I've seen hotscripts and sourceforge, but there are so many out there, so I'm asking here to see if anyone has used one that they have found to be easy to set up.<br /><br />Thanks in advance,<br /><br />Chuck<!--content-->
kinda off, but have you considered an htaccess solution?<!--content-->
is that when the Browser pops up the authentication box? <br /><br />i'd rather have it integrated in the site itself.<br /><br />unless there is an explanation as to why that way would be more user friendly/functional/better?<br /><br />thanks...<!--content-->
have you seen amember? Lianna did some good stuff with it.<!--content-->
First of all I'd like to recall you that Open Source software does not necessarily mean free...<br />The "free" of Free Software (which is a different thing from Open Source Software - <a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html" target="_blank">http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-softwar...or-freedom.html</a> ) doesn't mean the software is free - it means YOU are free to do what you want with it (sort of).<br />This can be a little confusing but I won't go into details here. You can check out the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html" target="_blank">GNU and Free Software Foundation</a> homepage for more information about Free Software and Open Source.<br />Just think about it this way: Open Source means that the software's source code is available to the public - it does not mean the software is free.<br />"'Free software is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you should think of 'free'' as in 'free speech', not as in 'free beer'."<br /><br />As for the authentication thing, here's a few links you might want to try:<br /><br /><a href="http://google.com" target="_blank">http://google.com</a> - search for 'php auth system' <img src="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
" border="0" alt="wink.gif" /> (why do people keep forgetting about this?)<br /><a href="http://zend.com" target="_blank">http://zend.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.tutorialfind.com/tutorials/webdevelopment/php/default.asp?ct=21&ob=3" target="_blank">http://www.tutorialfind.com/tutorials/webd....asp?ct=21&ob=3</a><br />(<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.tutorialfind.com/">http://www.tutorialfind.com/</a><!-- m --> for tutorials about other things)<br /><a href="http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/programming/php/index.html" target="_blank">http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/progra.../php/index.html</a><br />(<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://hotwired.lycos.com/">http://hotwired.lycos.com/</a><!-- m --> for tutorials on other things)<br /><a href="http://phpbuilder.com" target="_blank">http://phpbuilder.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.sitepoint.com/" target="_blank">http://www.sitepoint.com/</a><br /><br />Good luck!<!--content-->
Thanks for the reply,<br /><br />I guess you missed the point of my post. <br /><br />I HAVE searched all over the web (yes, believe it or not, including google) for a user auth script. But the dozen or so that I have attempted to install/use/integrate into my site, have not been so great. As this project is for fun, I don't have the luxury of hours of development time either because its ending up on the back burner in most cases. Im not looking for an "enterprise ecommerce solution", thats why im looking for something on the cheap. <br /><br />I was merely soliciting advice from TCH users who have, in fact, installed a publicly available php user auth script for their site...<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Chuck<!--content-->
<!--QuoteBegin-FSUchucky3+Mar 18 2003, 02:08 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(FSUchucky3 @ Mar 18 2003, 02:08 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Hi all-<br /><br />I'm looking for a good PHP User Auth script or class that I can add to my sites for authentication purposes.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br />So then, if you can please explain a bit more about what you consider *user auth* then we could probably help you out a bit more.<br /><br />A place to start for helping us help you might be: did you look at aMember and if so what don't you like about it or is it just completely off base for your intent? See? I'm not sure we know what you are really after here.<br /><br />Give us a list of *stuff it should do*.<br /><br />Lianna <img src="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><!--content-->
I have 2 different needs for a user authentication system.<br /><br />the first is for i would call a web intranet. i don't know if there is a more proper name for it, but basically it will be used to have "employee access" to scheduling, BBS, etc. The employees will also need to access a central customer database with records based on appointments and other pertinent customer data. I know we have the individual schedule function in the webmail, but it potentially needs to be public to each of employees, not restricted to each specific user when they login. For instance, employee A needs to see if employee B, C, or D is covering a certain client - A logs in to website, checks the calendar, and sees who has availablity, etc. There also needs to be an admin user, superuser, whatever who maintains these employees. Each employee will have attributes like phone number, fax number, email, mailing address, employee id, blah blah which can be accessed by other employees also.<br /><br />the 2nd is more fun. its a fantasy sports website. I need to restrict a user to access his team and leagues only. again, each user needs to have their own info, defaults, etc...<br /><br />here's the thing. i can design and code the database stuff, the fantasy sports stuff, the employee stuff, because i know what system requirements i need to fulfill. however, i am not a php security guru, nor do i have the time to learn the ins and outs of sessions, cookies, and i don't want a half assed, hackable system out there.<br /><br />specifically what i need the user auth script to manage is (1) registration, (2) login, (3) access to protected pages.<br /><br />i am checking out amember, it looks like a lot more than what i actually need (which may not be a bad thing), and i will install it and play with it....<br /><br />thanks in advance<!--content-->
ya know what i can do, i can try and see how the cpanel BBS addon scripts authenticate users and integrate that.......<br /><br />ill let you know how it works..<br /><br />chuck<!--content-->
kinda off, but have you considered an htaccess solution?<!--content-->
is that when the Browser pops up the authentication box? <br /><br />i'd rather have it integrated in the site itself.<br /><br />unless there is an explanation as to why that way would be more user friendly/functional/better?<br /><br />thanks...<!--content-->
have you seen amember? Lianna did some good stuff with it.<!--content-->
First of all I'd like to recall you that Open Source software does not necessarily mean free...<br />The "free" of Free Software (which is a different thing from Open Source Software - <a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html" target="_blank">http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-softwar...or-freedom.html</a> ) doesn't mean the software is free - it means YOU are free to do what you want with it (sort of).<br />This can be a little confusing but I won't go into details here. You can check out the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html" target="_blank">GNU and Free Software Foundation</a> homepage for more information about Free Software and Open Source.<br />Just think about it this way: Open Source means that the software's source code is available to the public - it does not mean the software is free.<br />"'Free software is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you should think of 'free'' as in 'free speech', not as in 'free beer'."<br /><br />As for the authentication thing, here's a few links you might want to try:<br /><br /><a href="http://google.com" target="_blank">http://google.com</a> - search for 'php auth system' <img src="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
" border="0" alt="wink.gif" /> (why do people keep forgetting about this?)<br /><a href="http://zend.com" target="_blank">http://zend.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.tutorialfind.com/tutorials/webdevelopment/php/default.asp?ct=21&ob=3" target="_blank">http://www.tutorialfind.com/tutorials/webd....asp?ct=21&ob=3</a><br />(<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.tutorialfind.com/">http://www.tutorialfind.com/</a><!-- m --> for tutorials about other things)<br /><a href="http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/programming/php/index.html" target="_blank">http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/progra.../php/index.html</a><br />(<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://hotwired.lycos.com/">http://hotwired.lycos.com/</a><!-- m --> for tutorials on other things)<br /><a href="http://phpbuilder.com" target="_blank">http://phpbuilder.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.sitepoint.com/" target="_blank">http://www.sitepoint.com/</a><br /><br />Good luck!<!--content-->Thanks for the reply,<br /><br />I guess you missed the point of my post. <br /><br />I HAVE searched all over the web (yes, believe it or not, including google) for a user auth script. But the dozen or so that I have attempted to install/use/integrate into my site, have not been so great. As this project is for fun, I don't have the luxury of hours of development time either because its ending up on the back burner in most cases. Im not looking for an "enterprise ecommerce solution", thats why im looking for something on the cheap. <br /><br />I was merely soliciting advice from TCH users who have, in fact, installed a publicly available php user auth script for their site...<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Chuck<!--content-->
<!--QuoteBegin-FSUchucky3+Mar 18 2003, 02:08 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(FSUchucky3 @ Mar 18 2003, 02:08 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Hi all-<br /><br />I'm looking for a good PHP User Auth script or class that I can add to my sites for authentication purposes.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br />So then, if you can please explain a bit more about what you consider *user auth* then we could probably help you out a bit more.<br /><br />A place to start for helping us help you might be: did you look at aMember and if so what don't you like about it or is it just completely off base for your intent? See? I'm not sure we know what you are really after here.<br /><br />Give us a list of *stuff it should do*.<br /><br />Lianna <img src="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><!--content-->I have 2 different needs for a user authentication system.<br /><br />the first is for i would call a web intranet. i don't know if there is a more proper name for it, but basically it will be used to have "employee access" to scheduling, BBS, etc. The employees will also need to access a central customer database with records based on appointments and other pertinent customer data. I know we have the individual schedule function in the webmail, but it potentially needs to be public to each of employees, not restricted to each specific user when they login. For instance, employee A needs to see if employee B, C, or D is covering a certain client - A logs in to website, checks the calendar, and sees who has availablity, etc. There also needs to be an admin user, superuser, whatever who maintains these employees. Each employee will have attributes like phone number, fax number, email, mailing address, employee id, blah blah which can be accessed by other employees also.<br /><br />the 2nd is more fun. its a fantasy sports website. I need to restrict a user to access his team and leagues only. again, each user needs to have their own info, defaults, etc...<br /><br />here's the thing. i can design and code the database stuff, the fantasy sports stuff, the employee stuff, because i know what system requirements i need to fulfill. however, i am not a php security guru, nor do i have the time to learn the ins and outs of sessions, cookies, and i don't want a half assed, hackable system out there.<br /><br />specifically what i need the user auth script to manage is (1) registration, (2) login, (3) access to protected pages.<br /><br />i am checking out amember, it looks like a lot more than what i actually need (which may not be a bad thing), and i will install it and play with it....<br /><br />thanks in advance<!--content-->
ya know what i can do, i can try and see how the cpanel BBS addon scripts authenticate users and integrate that.......<br /><br />ill let you know how it works..<br /><br />chuck<!--content-->