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PHP Based Permission/Authentication System

Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 12:31 pm
by Lerris
Can anyone recommend a drop-php in permission/authentication system that can be quickly added to a site for user authentication?

I have run into a few, but wanted to know from some of the more experienced developers here if there are any that are known to tbe the best? Would consider commercial products if they exist.

Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 12:37 pm
by Luke
There's a few I know of... phpGACL, and then there's Pear's LiveUser. These are the only ones I know of... whichever you end up using, please let us know because I've been looking for one I like for quite a while as well.

Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 12:46 pm
by John Cartwright
Authentication and authorization systems can be extremely simplified and easy to write. Unless your gearing towards complexity (user permission, groups, etc) I would recommend writting your own. Anything else will likely be overkill.

However, if you are gearing towards complex authorization and authentication, I would recommend what was previously mentioned.

Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 12:51 pm
by n00b Saibot
Jcart wrote:Unless your gearing towards complexity (user permission, groups, etc)...
even they are not much worry, a 100 odd lines of code max.

Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 12:53 pm
by John Cartwright
Interesting, I guess it\'s time to refresh my knowledge of these applications :?