Re: User class(es)

Erik Hjortsberg <azatoth@hem.passagen.se> wrote: > At 06:46 2001-04-26 +0000, you wrote: >>For a portal project I'm working on I'm going to ......... deleted for clarity >> >>Once I have this done, I'll submit it for discussion. Does anybody have any >>thoughts/critisisms (other than my spelling :-)) about this idea/architecture? > Some thoughts... > I've done a user management system for a websystem (www.ostgota.lu.se). > I used serialized objects in sessionsdata. > In prepend.php: > <code> > include(APPLICATION_PATH.'session.class.php'); > session_start(); > session_register('SESSION'); > if (empty($SESSION)) { > $SESSION = &new OG_Session; > } else { > $SESSION->updateVisit(); > } > </code> > The OG_Session-object (subclassing Session) contains info about the > connection and session such as client's browser, ip, stylsheet to use, > number of pages visited, logging and so on. These values are generic for > all sites. Methods for things such as updating number of visits are also > provided. > It also contains a OG_User-object, which is unique for every system. In my > case it contains the user's name, number, clearance and so on. This object > also contains methods for authorizing pages. > In this way I can do things like > <php> > <?= ($SESSION->user->auth('adminNews.php')) ? '<a > href="/adminNews.php?newsId='.$news[$i]->newsId().'">change > newsitem</a>' : > '' ?> > </php> > or > <code> > if ($SESSION->user->authThisPage()) { > stuff to do if user is allowed on the current page... > } > </code> > Simpler stuff: > <php> > Logged in as: <?= $SESSION->user->userName() ?> > </php> > And when a user log off: > <code> > $SESSION->user = &new OG_User; > </code> > Log on... > <code> > $SESSION->user->logOn($person->personName(), > $person->personStatus() ..... ); > </code> > /erik hjortsberg Erik, cool idea. Right now I'm going to work on the user portion. Is there anything you suggest (member vars or methods) that I should add so that it fits well into this session architecture? Ben