Login's

[ded]

I want to setup a login on the home page.  Based on who logs in will determine which parts of the website the user is allowed to update.  How is this done?  Any examples out there in php world?

 

Regards,

DED

[corbin]

That can be done 400290814928412 different ways.

 

 

Basic idea is some kind of authentication system and some kind of ACL system.

[dclamp]

the best way to do this (and the most complicated) is to have groups with permissions.

 

You have 3 table: members, groups, permissions.

 

Members table set up as so: memberID | username | password | groupID

groups: groupID | name | description

permissions: permissionID | groupID | permission | access

 

For each of your members you assign a group to them. Ex: Admin, Registered, Guest

 

Scenario: You have a page: secretpage.php. You want only Admin and Registered members to see.

 

In the permissions table you set up something like this:

permissionID | groupID | permission | access
1 | 1 | secretpage | 1 <-- can view 
2 | 2 | secretpage | 1 <-- can view
3 | 3 | secretpage | 0 <-- can't view

 

If you want further explanation, i can give you some.