Re: Best authentication system

On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Adam Tong <adam.tongu@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm running a site for which I need an authentication system. I have > already my own (that is too simplistic and not very secure). > I want some advice here. I checked PEAR, but as there are several > options there, I was not sure which one to choose. Here are my needs: > > - Some sections of the site cannot be accessed if the user does not > have an account (at least login and password) > - There are 2 type of users at this moment, depending on that type, > the user can access some sections and not the others (the ones allowed > for the other type). Maybe in the future there will be more types of > users. > > Thank you > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > Hello, There is terminology in place for what you're trying describe. First take authentication, the ability to log into a system. Second would be authorization, the abilities a user has. With these terms you can do some further research on the subject. For reference in a lot of projects for authentication I use Zend_Auth[1] and for authorization I use Zend_Acl[2]. Hopefully linking to them will not contribute to further confusion. 1. http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/zend.auth.html 2. http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/zend.acl.html