Good framework for logins in PHP

Question

Hi, I have a MySQL database full of members of an organization with their passwords and other accompanying data. Is there a good PHP framework for a log-in system? I'd like something like what they do on yahoo, where you can browse the pages without logging in but you need to log in to access certain content.

Answer 1

Using a PHP framework is an excellent idea, however user authentication systems are not usually bundled with the frameworks themselves.

A PHP framework (like Symfony or CodeIgniter) can offer you some great features like: templating and layouts, automated validation, escaping of data to protect applications from attacks, cache management, smart URLs, e-mail and APIs, automated pagination, sorting, and filtering, plug-ins, ORM for databases, Internationalization etc etc.

Authentiaction is often seen as an extra and so is available as a plugin:

• Symfony uses an optional system called sfGuard and is in the form of a plugin
• CodeIgniter has several options for authentication detailed here. FreakAuth, Redux seem to be the market leaders here.