[TYPO3-dev] Create and login temp user

[Xavier Perseguers]

Hi Sebastian,

> i'm currently working on an extension that can be used both by guests 
> and logged in FE users. The extension has to store some data while it is 
> used and associate the data with the user.
> Of course the ragarding table has a field user_id which points to 
> fe_users table.
> Now for guests I thought about creating a temporary fe_users record and 
> log the user in silently.
> 
> How can I do that login? I took a look at tslib_feuserauth but none of 
> the methods seems to fit my requirements. Would you give me a hint please?

I would have a look at one of the multiple extensions that authenticate 
against another provider (such as LDAP for instance). They dynamically 
create users with data synchronized from the other repository.

HTH

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Xavier Perseguers
http://xavier.perseguers.ch/en/tutorials/typo3.html