What is the best Authentication and Authorization library for CodeIgniter?

Question

I intend building an application using CodeIgniter so I'm currently identifying all the features I want. I would like to know if there are any recommendations for Authentication & Authorization libraries for CodeIgniter.

Answer 1

Hi,

I think QuickAuth is the best one.

But there is one good list in:

http://codeigniter.com/wiki/Category:Contributions::Libraries::Authentication/

Bests Regards,
Pedro
@pcamacho

Answer 2

Honestly, I've used several of them, and always end up rolling my own. Nothing every seems to do exactly what I want.

If you are in desperate need of a good auth_lib and don't want to roll your own, I'd suggest http://codeigniter.com/forums/viewthread/112654/

Answer 3

Have a look at http://bambooinvoice.org, he is using Site_sentry library for authentication, but if you want more security you can use storing sessions in the database.

Answer 4

Ion Auth is currently one of the more attractive options. It's lean, widely used, actively maintained and has a good feature set.