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[eluser]Rick Jolly[/eluser]
A core auth library must be totally generic, making no assumptions. A few lines of code, and something every developer can do in a couple minutes. That's why there isn't auth in the core. ACL is a different story.

thody, your attempt is already too specific. Username, id, and email could all be the same thing. Don't store a user in the session, just their id. Reason being, if an admin changes any user credentials, they won't update for a logged-in user until their session expires. Don't use a get_attr() method when php magic methods will accomplish the same thing. Also, don't dismiss the dozens of existing auth libraries. At the very least, you could learn something from them.


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