webcode/phpbb-bridge

Offers a simple API for the included custom phpBB authentication module.

BridgeBB

Allows phpBB3 to use the Laravel Auth driver to create/authenticate accounts., _(*1)

Installation:

Add to your composer.json

"require": {
    "webcode/phpbb-bridge": "dev-master"
}

Run composer update

$ composer update

Register the BridgeBB Service Provider by adding it to your project's providers array in app.php

'providers' => array(
    'Webcode\BridgeBB\BridgeBBServiceProvider'
);

Create a secret api key in config/webcode/bridgebb/api.php

'bridgebb-apikey' => 'secretkey'

Update the column names used for the Laravel Auth driver config/webcode/bridgebb/auth.php

'username-column' => 'username',
'password-column' => 'password'

Copy all files in the phpbb_root directory to your phpBB install

Login to the phpBB admin panel and set bridgebb as the authentication module

Now all logins will be checked against the Laravel Auth driver and duplicated in the phpBB database., _(*2)