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multidimensional/cakephpbb
==========================

Add on CakePHP authentication to connect with an external phpBB forum.

0.0.1(7y ago)0410MITPHPPHP &gt;=5.5.9

Since Jan 24Pushed 7y ago2 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/multidimension-al/cakephpbb)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/multidimensional/cakephpbb)[ Docs](https://github.com/multidimension-al/cakephpbb)[ RSS](/packages/multidimensional-cakephpbb/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 4d ago

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CakePHP Plugin for phpBB Authentication
=======================================

[](#cakephp-plugin-for-phpbb-authentication)

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A CakePHP plugin that uses phpBB to authenticate.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- CakePHP 3.3+
- PHP 5.5.9+

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

You can install this plugin into your CakePHP application using [composer](http://getcomposer.org).

The recommended way to install composer packages is:

```
composer require --prefer-dist multidimensional/cakephpbb

```

Setup
-----

[](#setup)

Load the plugin by running following command in terminal:

```
bin/cake plugin load Multidimensional/Cakephpbb -b

```

Or by manually adding following line to your app's `config/bootstrap.php`:

```
Plugin::load('Multidimensional/Cakephpbb', ['bootstrap' => true]);
```

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

Run the installation script command in termainal:

```
bin/cake CakephpbbInstall

```

If the above command doesn't work, you can also try:

```
bin/cake multidimensional/cakephpbb.cakephpbb_install

```

If you do not have access to terminal, you can manually copy and edit the phpbb.php config file and move it into your default config folder.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Add this in your App

```
// In a controller
public function initialize()
{
    parent::initialize();
    $this->loadComponent('Auth', [
        'authenticate' => ['Multidimensional/Cakephpbb.Phpbb']]);
}
```

License
-------

[](#license)

```
The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2019 multidimension.al

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
THE SOFTWARE.

```

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity45

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

2669d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6588235?v=4)[AJ Quick](/maintainers/ajquick)[@ajquick](https://github.com/ajquick)

---

Top Contributors

[![ajquick](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6588235?v=4)](https://github.com/ajquick "ajquick (37 commits)")

---

Tags

Authenticationcakephpcakephp3

###  Code Quality

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