RE: [PEAR] Wierdness with the Auth class...

Hello, What version of Auth are you using ? Try a PEAR::setErrorHandling(PEAR_ERROR_DIE); this stop execution on any pear error. Then you might be able to see what is wrong. If this does not work i would try putting a print_r on the "query" method in Auth or Auth_Container_DB. Another thing, are you using Oracle ? There was a discussion on the list about oracle which apparently fills with extra spaces when using CHAR so it could be a problem. But it should do it for every user not just a few. At last a print_r($this) before the fetchdata method and see how the object looks. And get back to the list ;) Arnaud. > I recently implemented the PEAR::Auth class in an application > and for the > most part it works pretty well. I set it up to check against > our current > database of users. I set the field names as instructed in the > documentation to match our database fields for the username > as well as the > password. > > I had successfully tested it against a half dozen known > accounts and it > worked fine. However, once we went into a user testing phase > people were > complaining that our system would not allow them to log in, > not everyone > just a few people. For those accounts who could not log in, I > check their > username and passwords manually in the database and sure > enough they are > there in the database as they should be, but for some unknown > reason, the > Auth class fails to authenticate those accounts. > > The problem is consistent on two different development > machines running > different platforms. Same data different machines, same result. > > Now I am trying to debug this issue, and the first thing I > wanted to check > was the actual query that the Auth container is sending to > the database, > so I did my usual 'print_r' on the query before it executes the query > inside the 'fetchData()' method of the DB container, and I receive no > results on screen. > > Overall, I suspect that there is an issue here with the datatypes, or > maybe extra space charachters on the database fields > themselves, but am > not clear at this point on how to at least print out the > query that the > Auth class is creating, and where the Auth clas is failing to > authenticate > these particular users. > > Any reason for this, or suggestions on what to try from here > that someone > can point out? > > Thanks in advance. > > Alan > > > ------ > Alan T. Miller > amiller@hollywood101.com > http://www.alantmiller.com > > > > > -- > PEAR General Mailing List (http://pear.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >