[TYPO3-dev] Create and login temp user

[Christopher Lörken]

Hi Sebastian,

We are doing something similar and I use the following piece of code for 
  avoiding the GET parameter redirect. Would be nice to get some 
feedback on that method too. (The comment of the method contains some 
links to (german) posts regarding that question.)

	/**
	 * Logs in a user in the Typo3 FE.
	 *
	 * Login code discussion: 
http://www.typo3.net/forum/list/list_post//71147/?page=1#pid299542
	 * Final code adopted from here: 
http://www.sk-typo3.de/FE-Userlogin-per-Code.191.0.html
	 *
	 * @param string $uname - unescaped name of the user.
	 */
	public static function loginUserByName($uname) {
		if (!$GLOBALS['TSFE']->fe_user) {
			if (!isset($GLOBALS['TYPO3_DB']) || !$GLOBALS['TYPO3_DB']->link) {
				tslib_eidtools::connectDB();
			}
			$GLOBALS['TSFE']->fe_user = tslib_eidtools::initFeUser();
		}
		$GLOBALS['TSFE']->fe_user->checkPid=0; //do not use a particular pid
		$info= $GLOBALS['TSFE']->fe_user->getAuthInfoArray();
		$user=$GLOBALS['TSFE']->fe_user->fetchUserRecord($info['db_user'],$uname);
		$GLOBALS['TSFE']->fe_user->createUserSession($user);
		$GLOBALS['TSFE']->fe_user->user = $user;
	}



The call to this function does generate a valid user session in the 
table. You need to redirect to another page afterwards to do the proper 
authentication handling by Typo3 afterwards (too show the user as being 
logged in).


Sebastian Gebhard schrieb:
> Peter Russ schrieb:
>> Just check the auth service: that's the rightway to do -> tx_sv_auth

I definitely should check that out but must admit that I haven't had the 
time yet.


Maybe it helps
Cheers,
Christopher