On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 1:21 PM, robert mena <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
> I am using Zend_Auth to authenticate my users in an application. I was
> requested to provide a 'god' mode where the admin will enter the username
> and a special password and login as that user.
> No matter how I dislike the idea I have to implement it. So In my view if
> the password is the special one I'd have to 'inject' the credentials to the
> zend_auth so in further requests (in the controllers that require the login
> user) everything will continue without a problem.
> Question:
> - How can I do it?
> Regards.
It is pretty easy to extend whichever regular authentication adapter
you are using for regular log-ins. Just override the authenticate()
method with something similar to this:
<?php
// Assuming you are using the DbTable adapter.
class My_New_Auth_Adapter extends Zend_Auth_Adapter_DbTable
{
public function authenticate()
{
if ('supreme_username' === $this->_identity) {
if ('supreme_password' === $this->_credential) {
return new Zend_Auth_Result(
Zend_Auth_Result::SUCCESS,
'supreme_user',
array('authentication successful'));
} else {
return new Zend_Auth_Result(
Zend_Auth_Result::FAILURE_CREDENTIAL_INVALID,
'supreme_user',
array('invalid credentials'));
}
} else {
return parent::authenticate();
}
}
}
?>
Andrew
