Log in and out

Log in and out
     Log in
     Logged in User
     Log out

The auth module provides methods to help you log users in and out of your application.

Log in

The Auth::login method handles the login.

// Handled from a form with inputs with names email / password
$post = $this->request->post();
$success = Auth::instance()->login($post['email'], $post['password']);

if ($success) {
    // Login successful, send to app
} else {
    // Login failed, send back to form with error message
}

Logged in User

There are two ways to check if a user is logged in. If you just need to check if the user is logged in use Auth::logged_in.

if (Auth::instance()->logged_in()) {
    // User is logged in, continue on
} else {
    // User isn't logged in, redirect to the login form.
}

You can also get the logged in user object by using Auth::get_user. If the user is null, then no user was found.

$user = Auth::instance()->get_user();

// Check for a user (null if not user is found)
if ($user !== null) {
    // User is found, continue on
} else {
    // User was not found, redirect to the login form
}

Log out

The Auth::logout method will take care of logging out a user.

Auth::instance()->logout();
// Redirect the user back to login page