saffyre/basic-http-authentication

Simple Basic HTTP Authentication. No framework required.

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1.0.1 2015-11-16 16:47 UTC

MIT

• Alex Brombal

• http
• Authentication
• basic

README

This is a simple function that provides Basic HTTP Authentication.

Please note that basic HTTP authentication is not secure. It transmits usernames and passwords in plain text across the wire (it is probably secure over HTTPS, but I am not a security expert).

It is also generally considered a poor user experience.

So, that being said, if you still want to use basic HTTP authentication, then...

Let's get started

Include this project using composer:

$ composer require saffyre/basic-http-authentication

You may need to use php composer.phar instead of composer, depending on your setup. You can also manually add "saffyre/basic-http-authentication": "^1.0" to your composer.json file. This is not a composer tutorial, so go look that up.

Here's how you use it:

<?php


$success = \Saffyre\basicHttpAuth("Please log in.", function($username, $password) {
    // Validate the username and password.
    // You might connect to a database or read a file on your server, etc.
    // Return 'true' if the user authenticates successfully.
    return $username == 'admin' && $password == 'pass123';
});

if ($success)
{
    // The user is logged in, do your thing.
    echo "Welcome.";
}
else
{
    // The user clicked "Cancel" in the login box or is otherwise not logged in.
    // Show some kind of error message.
    echo "Please log in to continue.";
}

That's all. Happy authenticating!