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Implementing User Authentication and Authorization in PHP

By Naveen Kumar / September 16, 2023

To implement user authentication and authorization in PHP, you can follow these steps:

1. Create a database table to store user information, including username, password, and any other relevant data.

2. Create a registration form where users can enter their information and submit it to be stored in the database. Use the PHP `password_hash()` function to securely hash the password before storing it.

3. Create a login form where users can enter their username and password. When the form is submitted, retrieve the user’s information from the database based on the entered username. Use the PHP `password_verify()` function to compare the entered password with the hashed password stored in the database.

4. If the login is successful, create a session for the user and store their username or user ID in the session variable. This will allow you to identify the user on subsequent requests.

5. For pages that require authentication, check if the user is logged in by checking the session variable. If the session variable is not set, redirect the user to the login page.

6. To implement authorization, you can assign roles or permissions to users in the database. For example, you can have a `role` column in the user table that specifies whether a user is an admin, a regular user, or any other role you define.

7. On pages that require authorization, check the user’s role or permissions before allowing access. For example, if only admins should have access to a certain page, check if the user’s role is set to admin before allowing access.

Here’s a simplified example of how you can implement user authentication and authorization in PHP:

“`php
// Registration form
<form action="register.php" method="post">
<input type="text" name="username" placeholder="Username">
<input type="password" name="password" placeholder="Password">
<input type="submit" value="Register">
</form>

// register.php
<?php
// Retrieve form data
$username = $_POST[‘username’];
$password = $_POST[‘password’];

// Hash the password
$hashedPassword = password_hash($password, PASSWORD_DEFAULT);

// Store the user in the database
// …

// Login form
<form action="login.php" method="post">
<input type="text" name="username" placeholder="Username">
<input type="password" name="password" placeholder="Password">
<input type="submit" value="Login">
</form>

// login.php
<?php
// Retrieve form data
$username = $_POST[‘username’];
$password = $_POST[‘password’];

// Retrieve user from the database based on the entered username
// …

// Verify the entered password with the hashed password stored in the database
if (password_verify($password, $hashedPassword)) {
// Login successful
session_start();
$_SESSION[‘username’] = $username;
// Redirect to the authenticated page
header(‘Location: authenticated.php’);
exit;
} else {
// Login failed
// …
}

// Authenticated page
<?php
session_start();

// Check if the user is logged in
if (!isset($_SESSION[‘username’])) {
// Redirect to the login page
header(‘Location: login.php’);
exit;
}

// Check the user’s role or permissions
if ($_SESSION[‘role’] !== ‘admin’) {
// Redirect to an unauthorized page
header(‘Location: unauthorized.php’);
exit;
}

// The user is authenticated and authorized, display the page content
// …
“`

Note that this is a simplified example and you may need to adapt it to your specific requirements and database structure. Additionally, it’s important to sanitize and validate user input to prevent SQL injection and other security vulnerabilities.

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