License

Codeigniter Auth is released under GPLv2 license.

Description

Codeigniter PHP framework library class for dealing with user authentication.

Features

• Passwords stored as SHA-256 of password + separate hash key = password hash.
• Current logged in status stored in session as SHA-256 of id + email + password hash + separate hash key = session hash. Ability to validate session by checking session hash on each page load.
• Remember me cookie is using cookie tokens stored inside database. Remember me cookie is being regenerated on each remember me cookie login.
• Registration supports both direct and activate token based registration.

Instructions

Please note that following steps assume that you have correctly configured Codeigniter on your server.

1. Place auth.php inside application/config.
2. Place Auth.php inside application/libraries.
3. Create installation controller that calls install() method provided by this library to create all of the required database tables.
4. Create your login and register controllers.
5. Adjust application/config/session.php with your $config['auth_login_controller'], $config['auth_session_hash_key'], $config['auth_password_hash_key'], $config['auth_cookie_hash_key'] and $config['auth_activate_hash_key'].

Download

Codeigniter Auth source code is hosted by GitHub from where you can download current copy of its master branch:

You can also fork or contribute to Codeigniter Auth by visiting its official GitHub repository page: