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Chapter 28. Authentication

Table of Contents
Constants -- predefined constants
Introduction -- A usage example
Storage drivers -- Introduction
Auth::Auth() -- constructor
Auth::getAuth() -- check for an authenticated user
Auth::getStatus() -- returns informations about the current authentication status
Auth::getUsername() -- get the username of the current authentication session
Auth::sessionValidThru() -- get the time up to the session is valid
Auth::setSessionname() -- set a custom session name
Auth::setShowLogin() -- controls if the login form will be displayed. Turned on by default
Auth::setExpire() -- set expiration time for authentication
Auth::setIdle() -- set maximum idle time for authentication
Auth::start() -- start authentication
Auth::checkAuth() -- check if a session with valid authentication information exists

Provides a framework for user authentication.