User Access Control (Miscellaneous)

Authorizes and then authenticates a user without wasting time with a database request. Store any data as a cookie on the users computer and know that if they try to modify that data that will automatically be logged out of your system.

First you authorize the user:

require_once('UserAccessControl.php');
$UAC = UserAccessControl();

// Ensure user is valid against your login system
$UAC->authorize($userdata_from_db);

Then whenever the user accesses a members only page:

require_once('UserAccessControl.php');
$UAC = UserAccessControl();

// login.php where the user is redirected to if they are not authorized
$UAC->authenticate('login.php'); 

// Members only information

To end a users session:

require_once('UserAccessControl.php');
$UAC = UserAccessControl();

$UAC->deauthorize();

N.B. The users session will automatically timeout after a specified time of inacivity. (Default: 10 minutes)