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Introduction to User Authentication in PHP

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Changing User Role

2:40 with Alena Holligan

We'll create a new procedure to update a users role.

In the procedures folder we add a new file, adjustRole.php. 0:00
And we'll start by adding our bootstrap file. 0:10
Now we can call our changeRole function. 0:26
$user = changeRole, 0:30
and we'll pass request, 0:35
get userId, and 0:40
the request, get roleID. 0:43
If the user, Role_Id now, 0:52
= 1, they're in administrator. 0:59
So we'll set session, GetFlashBag, Add, 1:04
success, $user['username, 1:13
Promoted to admin. 1:27
Let's make sure we have a space. 1:34
We'll duplicate this line, and we'll add an else. 1:37
If they're not an admin, we're going to say, 1:45
demoted to restricted user. 1:52
We'll close our conditional, and 1:59
redirect to admin.php. 2:04
Everything's set up to go, so let's visit the admin page and 2:07
promote ourselves to an administrator. 2:11
We're logged in, and we go to admin.php. 2:17
And we choose to Promote to Admin. 2:21
Admin was promoted to admin. 2:25
We can promote and demote our users. 2:29
And we have an administrator set. 2:33
So we're ready to lockdown our files with admin privileges. 2:36