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Whenever I Google things like "php authentication library" I continue to come up with a ton of results of authentication libraries designed for Code Igniter.

What I am looking for is things like the following,

  1. A robust library that handles login, logout, registration, login retrieval etc...
  2. Very secure authentication possibly using sha-256+?
  3. Library that can be integrated into any code, framework or not
  4. Active project and community so that I can rely on it in the future.
  5. Compatible with MySQL
  6. Maybe some things I do not know about?
Peter O.
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Metropolis
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    Instead of voting to close it without any comments, you could have asked me to reword it so that it was not asking for an opinion. – Metropolis Nov 11 '11 at 05:06
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    +1 I too am interested in a lightweight yet secure authentication system – nickb Nov 11 '11 at 05:29
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    Tried github? If not then this sounds like a fun little project. Or better yet, tried pulling what you want from a framework like Zend or symfony. I know symfony has an authentication plugin that you could extract what you need. – Yzmir Ramirez Nov 11 '11 at 06:42
  • You may want to take a look at https://github.com/delight-im/PHP-Auth which is both framework-agnostic and database-agnostic. – caw Sep 22 '16 at 03:37

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I am hoping my answer fits your needs , its in two parts :

1- Zend Acl + Zend + Auth :

  1. very robust code and 100% unit tested
  2. it could support any encryption method or create your own method
  3. it can support any backend you like [mysql , msssql , or even a session based auth]
  4. custom acl to fits your application needs
  5. you may choose php5.2 version = ZF 1.11 or the php5.3 = ZF2 beta released the last week
  6. in ZF2 beta you could use the pyrus to package the required classes only , not the whole library http://zend-framework-community.634137.n4.nabble.com/Packaging-and-distribution-of-ZF2-td3597632.html
  7. its very active project

2-symfony2 security component :

  1. in sf2 you combine the [ACL , AUTH] in very powerful library called security
  2. symfony2 has the support of bundles , and the FOS UserBundle its the ideal match for my usage

  3. you can use it in your own project as its

    Symfony's security component is available as a standalone PHP library for use inside any PHP project. http://symfony.com/doc/2.0/book/security.html

  4. it support many backend solutions , they called providers you my see even create your own custom provider

  5. you can even create many protected areas , in case you need it via firewalls , its basically as DMZs

  6. support any encryption method you might need , or create your own

  7. its very active project too

tawfekov
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probably you can try this link: php user authentication libraries / frameworks ... what are the options?

zend_auth & codeigniter it seems that the zend framework has good tools but it is overkill to do authentication only

ulogin, http://ulogin.sourceforge.net/

using social media login might also be another way

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