https://github.com/cakephp/authentication

Authentication plugin for CakePHP. Can also be used in PSR7 based applications.
https://github.com/cakephp/authentication

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Authentication plugin for CakePHP. Can also be used in PSR7 based applications.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/cakephp/authentication
• Owner: cakephp
• License: mit
• Created: 2016-11-29T02:50:33.000Z (over 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: 3.x
• Last Pushed: 2025-03-22T15:00:35.000Z (25 days ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-04-05T19:06:41.995Z (11 days ago)
• Topics: authentication, cakephp, cakephp-plugin, middleware, php, psr7-middleware
• Language: PHP
• Homepage:
• Size: 2.15 MB
• Stars: 116
• Watchers: 30
• Forks: 105
• Open Issues: 10
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: readme.md
  • License: LICENSE.txt

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README

        
# CakePHP Authentication

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[![Software License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-brightgreen.svg?style=flat-square)](LICENSE)

[PSR7](https://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-7/) Middleware authentication stack for the CakePHP framework.

Don't know what middleware is? [Check the CakePHP documentation](https://book.cakephp.org/4/en/controllers/middleware.html) and additionally [read this.](https://philsturgeon.uk/php/2016/05/31/why-care-about-php-middleware/)

## Authentication, not Authorization

This plugin intends to provide a framework around authentication and user

identification. Authorization is a [separate

concern](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_concerns) that has been

packaged into a separate [authorization plugin](https://github.com/cakephp/authorization).

## Installation

You can install this plugin into your CakePHP application using

[composer](https://getcomposer.org):

```

php composer.phar require cakephp/authentication

```

Load the plugin by adding the following statement in your project's

`src/Application.php`:

```php

public function bootstrap(): void

{

    parent::bootstrap();

    $this->addPlugin('Authentication');

}

```

## Documentation

Documentation for this plugin can be found in the [CakePHP Cookbook](https://book.cakephp.org/authentication/3/en/).

## IDE compatibility improvements

For `AuthenticationService::loadIdentifier()` you an find an IdeHelper task in [IdeHelperExtra plugin](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-ide-helper-extra/).