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Introduction to User Authentication in PHP

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Require Authentication

4:19 with Alena Holligan

We need another function that we can use, on pages that require authentication. This requireAuth function will use our isAuthenticated function.

We need another function that we can use on pages that require authentication. 0:00
Let's create a new function and we'll name this requireAuth. 0:06
This function will use our isAuthenticated function. 0:16
If the user is not authenticated, we will add a flash error message, and 0:21
redirect to login. 0:26
Don't forget to add the global session. 0:27
We'll set our session get flash bag, 0:34
add ('error', 'Not Authorized'), 0:40
And redirect, To login.php. 0:50
Now we can use the requireAuth function at the top of any file 0:58
we want to require authentication. 1:03
Let's start by adding this to the add.php file. 1:06
After the Boostrap file, we can use requireAuth(). 1:11
We also want to add the same thing to our addBook procedure. 1:17
After Boostrap, we requireAuth, 1:25
we also want to add the authorized user ID to our addBook function. 1:29
We can use the session get auth_ user_id. 1:40
Let's test this out in the browser. 1:48
When we visit add.php, while we're logged in everything looks fine. 1:52
But if we log out and then try to go to add.php, 1:58
we get a not authorized error and we're redirected to the login page. 2:02
If we also try procedures, Addbook.php, 2:10
we also get the not authorized and redirected to the login page. 2:18
Great, we can use this function to lock down any page we want. 2:25
For our Book List page we only want to lock down certain portions of the page. 2:30
The voting, and the modification will require a login. 2:36
But everyone will be able to see the book list itself. 2:40
If we go into books, we can see that our book is located in templates/book. 2:47
First, we only want to allow registered users to vote on a book. 2:57
So we can add a conditional around the voting portion 3:03
to check if a user is authenticated if isAuthenticated, 3:08
And then we'll end if. 3:24
We don't want to use the requireAuth function 3:26
because we don't want to redirect. 3:30
We just want to decide if we should show the vote. 3:32
Let's take a look at this in the browser. 3:35
When we are logged in, and we visit the book list page, we see the vote. 3:39
If we log out, and go to the book list, we no longer see the vote. 3:45
For the edit and delete portions of the book, 3:52
we don't want to allow all logged in users to be able to edit and 3:55
delete all books but only the books added by that user. 3:59
Unless the user is an administrator then they will be able to edit and 4:04
delete all books. 4:09
This brings us to the authorization portion of the project, and 4:12
we'll learn about that in the next section. 4:16