moodle/auth/db/lib.php
2002-11-17 09:57:34 +00:00

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<?PHP // $Id$
// Authentication by looking up an external database table
// This code is completely untested so far - IT NEEDS TESTERS!
// Looks like it should work though ...
$CFG->auth_dbhost = "localhost"; // The computer hosting the database server
$CFG->auth_dbtype = "mysql"; // The database type (mysql, postgres7, access, oracle etc)
$CFG->auth_dbname = "authtest"; // Name of the database itself
$CFG->auth_dbuser = "user"; // Username with read access to the database
$CFG->auth_dbpass = "pass"; // Password matching the above username
$CFG->auth_dbtable = "users"; // Name of the table in the database
$CFG->auth_dbfielduser = "user"; // Name of the field containing usernames
$CFG->auth_dbfieldpass = "pass"; // Name of the field containing passwords
$CFG->auth_instructions = "Use the same username and password as your school account"; // Instructions
function auth_user_login ($username, $password) {
// Returns true if the username and password work
// and false if they are wrong or don't exist.
global $CFG;
ADOLoadCode($CFG->auth_dbtype);
$authdb = &ADONewConnection();
$authdb->PConnect($CFG->auth_dbhost,$CFG->auth_dbuser,$CFG->auth_dbpass,$CFG->auth_dbname);
$rs = $authdb->Execute("SELECT * FROM $CFG->auth_dbtable
WHERE $CFG->auth_dbfielduser = '$username'
AND $CFG->auth_dbfieldpass = '$password' ");
if (!$rs) {
notify("Could not connect to the specified authentication database...");
return false;
}
if ( $rs->RecordCount() ) {
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
}
?>