User Management Code

i have so many scripts lying around for handling users and logins. i seem never to be able to find one when i need it, and so end up constantly writing new versions.

so i’m starting a project to create a definitive version. these are the functional requirements i’m designing to:

• user details management (CRUD functionality)
• forgotten password routine
• email addresss validation through challenge/response
• storage container abstraction (PDO supported database, flat file)
• login timeout (configurable)
• remember me function
• one line site integration
• object oriented (to protect namespace)

ideally i would also introduce role management too, but i think that this opens a potential pandora’s box of complexity. so we’ll do this step by step.

since i’ll publish the code here, if anyone has any requirements to add, feel free!