Re: User data management a la PHPlib

Hi Bertrand, > You are still thinking the old PHPLib way. yes, I admit, that's true. > Things have evolved a lot since then. For instance, you don't need to > use a class to handle your sessions anymore since PHP4. If you need a Yes, I know, in principle. I use PHP4 sessions also via a wrapper class provided in phplib, that's why I didn't change to PEAR for a long time and only began thinking about that now... :) > wrapper around your session calls, there is the HTTP_Session package. If understood > you want to store your users preferences, there is a Auth_PrefManager > package. Even better, you can create a dataobject for your users with > the DB_DataObject package. OK, I'll test that. > For permission management, there is LiveUser but it's unfortunately far from > being finished, there are still issues that need to be fixed. In the > meanwhile maybe the Auth package could do it. Help yourself, Thanks for the hints. I'll give LiveUser definetely a try, since I need user authentication in any case. Thanks for your response! Marko