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danjme/bridgevb
===============

Laravel 4 and vBulletin 4 bridge for authentication services.

1.1.1(12y ago)043MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

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vBulletin 4 bridge for Laravel 4
================================

[](#vbulletin-4-bridge-for-laravel-4)

### This is a Laravel Composer package providing a method to authenticate against a [vBulletin 4.x](http://www.vbulletin.com) database to allow for [Laravel 4](http://laravel.com) sites to be built beside a vBulletin forum without requiring users to create new accounts.

[](#this-is-a-laravel-composer-package-providing-a-method-to-authenticate-against-a-vbulletin-4x-database-to-allow-for-laravel-4-sites-to-be-built-beside-a-vbulletin-forum-without-requiring-users-to-create-new-accounts)

This package is based off of the pperon/vbauth package and the vb\_auth package for CodeIgnitor.

Add `eld/bridgevb` as a requirement in composer.json:

```
{
	"require": {
		"eld/bridgevb": "1.*"
	}
}
```

Run `composer update` to update your packages or `composer install` if you haven't already run the command

To use the package, add this line to your providers array contained in the app/config/app.php file:

```
'providers' => array(
				...
				...
				'Eld\Bridgevb\BridgevbServiceProvider',
),
```

In order to use the facade, add the following to your aliases array in app/config/app.php:

```
'aliases' => array(
				...
				...
				'Bridgevb'		  => 'Eld\Bridgevb\Facades\BridgeVb',
),
```

Configuration File:
===================

[](#configuration-file)

The default configuration file is found in `vender/eld/bridgevb/src/config/config.php` but you should overwrite it with a `app/config/packages/eld/bridgevb/config.php` file.

The configuration file looks like:

```
array(
	'connection' => 'mysql',
	'cookie_hash' => 'AdflkjEr90234asdlkj1349SDFkl',
	'cookie_prefix' => 'bb_',
	'db_prefix' => 'vb_',
	'forum_path' => 'http://example.com/',
	'user_groups' => array(
		'Admin' => array(6),
		'Moderator' => array(7),
		'Super Moderator' => array(5),
		'User' => array(2),
		'Banned' => array(8),
		'Guest' => array(3),
	),
	'user_columns' => array(
		'userid',
		'username',
		'password',
		'usergroupid',
		'membergroupids',
		'email',
		'salt'
	),
);
```

You need to replace the following fields in the existing config file or the config file in `app/config/packages/eld/bridgevb/config.php` file to suit your setup: `connection`, `cookie_hash`, `cookie_prefix`, `db_prefix`, `db_prefix`, `forum_path`, and add your forum's user groups in the `user_groups` portion and customize which user info you'd like to fetch with the `user_columns` option.

Exampe Usage:
=============

[](#exampe-usage)

This is what a filter could look like in `app/filters.php` if you were to authenticate users on every page they loaded.

```
Route::filter('vbauth', function()
{
	if (!Bridgevb::isLoggedIn()) return Redirect::to('login');
});
```

If you wanted to log in users externally from the vBulletin site, here's an snippet of how you'd do it:

```
Route::post('/login', function()
{
	$creds = array(
		'username' => Input::get('username'),
		'password' => Input::get('password'),
		'remember_me' => Input::get('remember_me', false),
	);

	if (Bridgevb::attempt($creds))
		return Redirect::to('/');
	else
		return Redirect::to('/login');
});
```

### The following are functions included in the library:

[](#the-following-are-functions-included-in-the-library)

Examples of usage are included in each description of the method

#### is()

[](#is)

The is() function takes in a string parameter an returns whether the user is a member of that user group.

```
Route::get('/isgroup', function()
{
	return (Bridgevb::is('Banned') ? 'You are banned' : 'You are not banned');
});
```

#### attempt()

[](#attempt)

The attempt method takes in an array of credentials and returns true if the authentication attempt was successful and returns false if the credentials were incorrect.

```
Route::post('/login', function()
{
	$creds = array(
		'username' => Input::get('username'),
		'password' => Input::get('password'),
		'remember_me' => Input::get('remember_me', false),
	);

	if (Bridgevb::attempt($creds))
		return Redirect::to('/');
	else
		return Redirect::to('/login');
});
```

#### isLoggedIn()

[](#isloggedin)

The isLoggedIn() function checks to authenticate the current user and retursn a non-zero value if the user is currently authenticated.

```
Route::get('/login', function()
{
	if(Bridgevb::isLoggedIn())
		return Redirect::to('/');
	return View::make('login');
});
```

#### getUserInfo()

[](#getuserinfo)

The getUserInfo() function returns a stdClass object representing the user data retrieved from the vBulletin user table as specified in the configuration file.

```
$user = Bridgevb::getUserInfo();
echo 'Hello, ' . $user->username;
```

#### get()

[](#get)

The get method takes in a string and returns the particular piece of information about the user that's passed in.

```
$username = Bridgevb::get('username');
echo 'Hello, ' . $username;
```

#### getLogoutHash()

[](#getlogouthash)

This function returns the logout hash for the user logged in that allows for you to link to vBulletin's logout function with teh proper logout hash.

```
return 'Logout';
```

#### logout()

[](#logout)

Logs the user out manually instead of routing through vBulletin's logout function.

```
Bridgevb::logout();
```

Changelog
=========

[](#changelog)

6/1/2013 (v1.0) - Initial Release
6/2/2013 (v1.0.1) - Revised code to be PSR-2 compliant
6/3/2013 (v1.1) - Patched bug causing multiple rows to be added to the database when the session was being authenticated
6/3/2013 (v1.1.1) - Fixed session creation bugs

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 71.1% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~1 days

Total

4

Last Release

4722d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3031dcb1de3e3b5d3864ca1377eb9cce8615eb66362d4d381978d59aa211ef63?d=identicon)[danjme](/maintainers/danjme)

---

Top Contributors

[![ELD](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/650044?v=4)](https://github.com/ELD "ELD (27 commits)")[![danjme](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/570150?v=4)](https://github.com/danjme "danjme (11 commits)")

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