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Okay I open the login_form.php
and it has this codes below,

Code:

    echo form_open( $login_url, array( 'class' => 'std-form' ) );

Now I echo $login_url to know where it will submit the data and the login method, but I got this URL below,
http://localhost/ci/ci3-community-auth/login?redirect=

the question is what is the segments URL mean? /login?redirect=
what exact method it is calling inside the examples.php controller?

Can someone shade some light please.

Thanks in advance.

Look at your routes. By default, Community Auth has a route that masks the actual controller/method used to login.

PHP Code:

$route[LOGIN_PAGE] = 'examples/login'; 


AND the LOGIN_PAGE constant is defined in application/hooks/auth_constants.php

PHP Code:

define('LOGIN_PAGE', 'login'); 


So what this means is that somebody would think that you have a login controller, yes? No. You are masking the true controller/method, which is located at examples/login.

By the way, if you try to access examples/login directly, it should give you a 404.

Why this masking? This feature was implemented at a time when I had some WordPress sites that were getting hammered by brute force attacks. The host recommended changing the login URL, and so this concept was born. Community Auth allows you to change the login URL (as well as make supplemental login URLs), and change them anytime you want, to anything you want. Imagine "/log/in/to/my/website", or anything you wish.

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