PHP Authentication System
Need some expert advice,
I have a site that currently uses phpbb for authentication for the entire site (localgolfer.com). I would like to remove phpbb from the site and find a new authentication system.
I'm trying to find a framework for user login that is the following:
-Can import my current username/passwords database, and legacy users can still login via username and password
-Easy to use a simple if statement to test if the user is logged in
-PHP based
-User stays logged in from page to page and framework handles all that
-Has social login abilities for at least Facebook, but also Twitter, etc.
-Easy to integrate with MySQL and I can add extra "profile" fields without having to deal with framework.
I have seen HybridAuth and LoginRadius, but I do not think I can import usernames and have users still login with username and password.
I have a site that currently uses phpbb for authentication for the entire site (localgolfer.com). I would like to remove phpbb from the site and find a new authentication system.
I'm trying to find a framework for user login that is the following:
-Can import my current username/passwords database, and legacy users can still login via username and password
-Easy to use a simple if statement to test if the user is logged in
-PHP based
-User stays logged in from page to page and framework handles all that
-Has social login abilities for at least Facebook, but also Twitter, etc.
-Easy to integrate with MySQL and I can add extra "profile" fields without having to deal with framework.
I have seen HybridAuth and LoginRadius, but I do not think I can import usernames and have users still login with username and password.
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I don't know if it exists an authentication library which allows you to import existent users, but this could be a trivial task, once you know how new db tables used by the library are structured. You can simply write a little script to get all needed data from the current user tables and put them in the new one(s)
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My recommendation would be to move away from pre-builts and more toward custom implementations where you have more control over structure and security.
I agree with both the posts from marqusG and wadehults. If the central issue is managing the login, this article shows how it is done.
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Web_Development/Web_Languages-Standards/PHP/A_2391-PHP-login-logout-and-easy-access-control.html
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Web_Development/Web_Languages-Standards/PHP/A_2391-PHP-login-logout-and-easy-access-control.html
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