If it still works, then why switch? I wrote my own auth routines.... Phplib was last released last summer? That's not TOO old.... http://phplib.sourceforge.net/ Jake > > Hi. > > Been using PHP since the 2.0 days, and been using PHPLib > since 2000 as > the main method of user authentication (logging in/out during same > session), and simultaneously use it to give the users who are > logged in different permissions. > > Since PHPLib has long ago stopped (at least in my opinion) active > development, I am wondering what other systems people use to > deal with > authentication and permission levels. > > I'd love to hear about complete libraries/methods that I could use as > a replacement for PHPLib with the minimum of fuss. > > > > As an example, in the pages I do NOT want to protect, I > merely need to > create a variable: $AUTHENTICATION = "off"; > and my global includes check for that: > > if ($AUTHENTICATION != "off") { > page_open( > array("sess" => "Example_Session", > "auth" => "Example_Auth", > "perm" => "Example_Perm")); > } > > Which causes PHPLib authentication to be ignored for that > page. Every > other page authenticates via the page_open() function. > PHPLib does it > all behind the scenes....which makes it very easy. > > > So, basically I'm looking for a system that works better than what > I've got w/ PHPLib, that will be fairly easy to maintain -- as well > as drop-in as a replacement in the 100s of websites that I've > developed that use that authentication scheme. > > Thanks in advance, > mark > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.17/730 - Release > Date: 3/22/2007 7:44 AM > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.17/730 - Release Date: 3/22/2007 7:44 AM -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
