Biometrics and PHP

[mtgriffiths]

Hi all

 

I am trying to research biometric security and was wondering if there could be any connection with php.

 

For example can php be used to impliment biometrics into a website.

 

I have looked on the internet and found very little so i thought i would ask people who know alot more about php than myself

 

Thanks in advance

 

Matthew

[mtgriffiths]

Guess no one knows anything.

 

Will have to plod along and keep looking then

[Yesideez]

Depends on how you want to handle the data - what exactly are you planning on doing with it?

[cooldude832]

You can do anything in php if you put your mind to it, its just not always the most straightforward method of doing so.  The biometric program can probably return either a serialized integer of the said biometric input and then you can query a database off it, or it simply returns a 1,0 where 1 it matched or 0 it failed.  Its hard to say without seeing what sort of system you be using.  PHP isn't goign to be able to scan an eyeball or thumb print on its own your going to have to get that to php or a formatted result.

[mtgriffiths]

I am not planning on creating the system. I am doing research on Biometric for a php module.

 

I wanted to see if it was possible for a system to be implimented as i had no idea.

 

I cant find no research on the net to include...anyone able to point me in the right direction?

[Yesideez]

As already said it depends on how you want to handle the data and the fact that submitting a fingerprint would be very difficult without submitting a scanned image. As for security wise, I imagine adding biometric data and preventing it from being compromised could be very tricky.

 

Best advice is to use Google and see what you can come up with unless someone else can offer more help.