PHP-API-AUTH

Single file PHP script that adds authentication to a PHP-CRUD-API project.

Requirements

• PHP 5.3 or higher

Simple username + password

On API server

• login.html is loaded
• sends username + password via POST to "api.php/"
• api.php (POST on "/" gets hijacked by auth.php) is loaded
• sends back csrf token + http-only session cookie
• call API as: api.php?csrf=[csrf token] (session cookie is sent automatically)
• (when using Angular2 or Vue2 the CSRF token is sent automatically)

With authentication server

On authentication server

• login_token.html is loaded
• sends username + password via POST to "login_token.php"
• login_token.php is loaded
• sends token via POST to "api.php/"

On API server

• api.php (POST on "/" gets hijacked by auth.php) is loaded
• sends back csrf token + http-only session cookie
• call API as: api.php?csrf=[csrf token] (session cookie is sent automatically)
• (when using Angular2 or Vue2 the CSRF token is sent automatically)