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solution10/auth
===============

Powerful and extremely flexible authentication

v1.3.1(9y ago)121121[1 issues](https://github.com/Solution10/auth/issues)MITPHPPHP >= 5.4

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Solution10\\Auth
================

[](#solution10auth)

Powerful and extremely flexible authentication

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Key Features
------------

[](#key-features)

- **Framework agnostic**: Can work with any framework and any ORM / database layer. Implement two classes to integrate with your tools of choice and Auth will do the rest.
    [Learn more about Integration](http://github.com/solution10/auth/wiki/Integrating)
- **Multiple Instances**: No statics or manky global scope. Every auth instance is totally self contained and can talk to entirely different backends and session handlers.
    [Learn more about Multiple Instances](http://github.com/solution10/auth/wiki/Instances)
- **Powerful Permissions**: Package based permissions allow you to define broad access control groups, and Overrides allow you to allow/disallow permissions on a per-user basis
    [Learn more about Permissions](http://github.com/solution10/auth/wiki/Permissions)

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

[](#installation)

Installation is as you'd expect, simply via a Composer requirement:

```
{
    "require": {
        "solution10/auth": "^1.2"
    }
}
```

**Note**: Auth provides absolutely no storage capability (no database layer / access). You will need to provide this by implementing a StorageDelegate. This approach might seem awkward at first, but it allows you to take completely control over the logic of data-retrieval, whilst Auth handles the actual mechanics for you. [Learn more about Integration](http://github.com/solution10/auth/wiki/Integrating)

Basic Usage
-----------

[](#basic-usage)

Your first step should be to complete everything in the [Integration guide](http://github.com/solution10/auth/wiki/Integrating), but that doesn't make for a sexy demo, so we'll assume you've done that!

Let's pretend that I have fully implemented a StorageDelegate called "PDOStorageDelegate".

```
// The storage delegate handles reading/writing User data from
// your data store. That could be a database, REST service, whatever.
$storageDelegate = new PDOStorageDelegate();

// The session delegate handles maintaining state between
// page loads. Essentially, it's a front to the $_SESSION array,
// but if you do it different, you can re-implement!
$sessionDelegate = new Solution10\Auth\Driver\Session();

// Fire up a new instance called "MyAuth"
$auth = new Solution10\Auth\Auth('MyAuth', $sessionDelegate, $storageDelegate);

// Play with some API methods:
if ($auth->loggedIn()) {
    echo 'Hi, '.$auth->user()->username.', welcome to the site!';
}
```

As you may have noticed, we give auth instances names. This gives us a way of referencing them later. More on that in the [Instances](http://github.com/solution10/auth/wiki/Instances) chapter.

### Logging In

[](#logging-in)

```
if ($auth->login($username, $password)) {
    echo 'User was logged in!';
} else {
    echo 'Please check your username and password.';
}
```

### Logging Out

[](#logging-out)

```
$auth->logout();
```

### Checking Login State

[](#checking-login-state)

```
if ($auth->loggedIn())) {
    echo "You're logged in!";
} else {
    echo "You are not logged in :(";
}
```

### Getting the Current User

[](#getting-the-current-user)

```
$user = $auth->user();
```

### Forcing a Login

[](#forcing-a-login)

This should be used with extreme caution, it will allow you to log a user in without their password. Probably only useful after registration.

```
// The $user object needs to be a class that implements the
// Solution10\Auth\UserRepresentation interface.
// It's a tiny interface, but it just gives us enough info to
// do our work.

$user = new UserRepresentationInstance();

$user->forceLogin($user);
```

You can read more about UserRepresentation in the [Integration guide](http://github.com/solution10/auth/wiki/Integrating)

PHP Requirements
----------------

[](#php-requirements)

- PHP >= 5.4

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

For a user guide: [Check out the Wiki here on GitHub](http://github.com/solution10/auth/wiki).

Author
------

[](#author)

Alex Gisby: [GitHub](http://github.com/alexgisby), [Twitter](http://twitter.com/alexgisby)

License
-------

[](#license)

[MIT](http://github.com/solution10/auth/tree/master/LICENSE.md)

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

[Contributors Notes](http://github.com/solution10/auth/tree/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance18

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 96.2% 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 ~164 days

Recently: every ~218 days

Total

7

Last Release

3336d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0.0PHP >= 5.3.7

v1.2.0PHP >= 5.4

### Community

Maintainers

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