callmenp/lara-auth-bridge

Offers a simple API for the included custom phpBB authentication module. for phpBB3.0 and laravel5

This package is unmaintained., _(*1)

I do not intend to continue development on this project due to changing priorities at my day job. I'll keep the repo up in case it is still useful to anyone., _(*2)

Thanks @Bukashk0zzz, _(*3)

Allows phpBB (3.0 & 3.1) auth over Laravel 5

For Laravel 4.* see r-a-stone's work Auth driver to create/authenticate accounts., _(*4)

, _(*5)

Installation

Laravel

run composer

``` php composer require callmenp/lara-auth-bridge, <sub>(*6)</sub>

##### add service provider
Register the Service Provider by adding it to your project's providers array in app.php
``` php
'providers' => array(
    'CallMeNP\LaraAuthBridge\LaraAuthBridgeServiceProvider',
);

edit config

Change configs config/lara-auth-bridge.php ``` php // Create a secret app key in 'appkey' => 'yoursecretapikey', <sub>(*7)</sub>

// Update the column names used for the Laravel Auth driver 'username_column' => 'user_login', 'password_column' => 'user_password', <sub>(*8)</sub>

// Set true if you use multiAuth, false if default Laravel Auth 'client_auth' => false, <sub>(*9)</sub>

##### exclude URIs from CSRF protection
In file app/Http/Middleware/VerifyCsrfToken.php add
``` php
protected $except = [
            'auth-bridge/*',
        ];

More info how to exclude uris on laravel site, <sub>(*10)</sub>

phpBB 3.1

copy files

Copy all files in the phpBB 3.1 directory to your phpBB install, <sub>(*11)</sub>

edit config

Edit the file located at {PHPBB-ROOT}/ext/laravel/bridgebb/auth/provider/bridgebb.php php define('LARAVEL_URL', 'http://www.example.com'); //your laravel application's url define('BRIDGEBB_API_KEY', "yoursecretapikey"); //the same key you created earlier define ('LARAVEL_CUSTOM_USER_DATA', serialize ([ 'email' => 'user_email', 'dob' => 'user_birthday', ])); // Update the columns you want to come from Laravel user to phpBB user, <sub>(*12)</sub>

setting

Login to the phpBB admin panel enable bridgebb extension and after set bridgebb as the authentication module, <sub>(*13)</sub>