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webcode/phpbb-bridge
====================

Offers a simple API for the included custom phpBB authentication module.

1.0.x-dev(10y ago)61689[4 issues](https://github.com/r-a-stone/BridgeBB/issues)MITPHPPHP >=5.4.0

Since Jul 24Pushed 10y ago1 watchersCompare

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BridgeBB
========

[](#bridgebb)

Allows phpBB3.0 to use the Laravel4 Auth driver to create/authenticate accounts.

\###Installation:

\####Add to your composer.json

```
"require": {
    "webcode/phpbb-bridge": "1.0.*@dev"
}

```

\####Run composer update

```
$ composer update

```

\####Register the BridgeBB Service Provider by adding it to your project's providers array in app.php

```
'providers' => array(
    'Webcode\BridgeBB\BridgeBBServiceProvider'
);

```

\####Create a secret api key in config/webcode/bridgebb/api.php

```
'bridgebb-apikey' => 'yoursecretapikey'

```

\####Update the column names used for the Laravel Auth driver config/webcode/bridgebb/api.php

```
'username-column' => 'user_login',
'password-column' => 'user_password'

```

\####Copy all files in the phpbb\_root directory to your phpBB install

\####Edit the file located at {PHPBB-ROOT}/includes/auth/auth\_bridgebb.php

```
define('LARAVEL_URL', 'http://www.example.com/'); //your laravel application's url
define('BRIDGEBB_API_KEY', "yoursecretapikey"); //the same key you created earlier

```

\####Login to the phpBB admin panel and set bridgebb as the authentication module

Now all logins will be checked against the Laravel Auth driver. If the user is validated against the Laravel Auth driver phpBB will check if the account exists in its own database. If the user is validated but the account does not exist in the phpBB database the login information will be duplicated in the database.

This should leave you in a better situation than bridgeBB has left people in the past.

If bridgeBB breaks and I am too busy to fix it in a timely manner you have the option to switch to the default phpBB auth driver as all the logins will already exist.

I welcome any and all pull requests!

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance7

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity44

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 90.9% 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

3971d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

[![r-a-stone](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5201563?v=4)](https://github.com/r-a-stone "r-a-stone (30 commits)")[![CallMeNP](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3406629?v=4)](https://github.com/CallMeNP "CallMeNP (2 commits)")[![kremsy](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2006941?v=4)](https://github.com/kremsy "kremsy (1 commits)")

---

Tags

laravelphpbbBridgephpbb3

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