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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.

Requiring Authentication on Pages

Add requireAuth(); to the following files

  • add.php
  • procedures/addBook.php
  • procedures/vote.php

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    Let's create a new function and we'll name this requireAuth. 0:00
    This function will use our isAuthenticated function. 0:07
    If the user is not authenticated, we will add a flash error message, and 0:12
    redirect to login. 0:17
    Don't forget to add the global session. 0:18
    We'll set our session get flash bag, 0:25

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