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Authentication API

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The Authentication API describes Moodle's interface functions to authentication plugins. (This page is incomplete , I'll update it after I have phpdoc commented auth/ldap/lib.php)

Most of the functions are from the ldap-authentication module and are not implemented (yet?) on other modules. Please feel free to extend other modules to support same features or roll your own module.

Some of new function are still tested and are not documented here yet.

Authentication functions

Basic functions to authenticate users with external db


Mandatory:

auth_user_login ($username, $password)

Authenticate username, password with userdatabase.

Returns
true if the username and password work and false if they don't


Optional:

The following functions are optional , but if present they extend module usability with Moodle.


auth_get_userinfo($username)

Query other userinformation from database.

Returns
User information in array (name => value, ...) or false in case of error. Function honors update-flags so if
$CFG->auth_user_(atribute)_updatelocal
is present, it will return value only if flag is true.

COURSE CREATING

auth_iscreator($username)

should user have rights to create courses

Returns
true
if user has rights to create cources otherwise false

USER CREATION

Functions that enable user creation, activation and deactivation from moodle to external database


auth_user_exists ($username)

Checks if given username exists on external db

Returns
true
if given usernname exist or false


auth_user_create ($userobject,$plainpass)

Creates new user to external db. User should be created in inactive stage until confirmed by email.

Returns
true
on success otherwise
false


auth_user_activate ($username)

activate new user after email-address is confirmed

Returns
true
on success otherwise
false


auth_user_disable ($username)

deactivate user in external db.

Returns
true
on success otherwise
false

USER INFORMATION AND SYNCRONIZATION

auth_get_userlist ()

Get list of usernames in external db.

Returns
All usernames in array or
false
on error.


auth_get_users($filter='*')

Get ALL USEROBJECTS FROM EXTERNAL DB.

Returns
Array of all users as objects from external db


See also