PHPBB3 Integration for authentication

[jonathanroz]

It would be nice to be able to integrate with PHPBB. The ability to utilize a shared login system for both would be great.

PHPBB already has a very healthy registration and validation system so it would allow subsonic to take advantage of that for self registration, password recall, and of course single signon for those who run a forum and subsonic.

[jonathanroz]

Sindre,

So I know I am probably dreaming to ask this but it does look like there is a small php file for this purpose. It says it can be used to point your existing website or application to PHPBB for authentication.

I got it from here: http://www.phpclasses.org/browse/package/1532.html

I posted the file and an example of how to use it at the below two links in case you want to look

http://www.mediafire.com/?gmndmhohtmg
http://www.mediafire.com/?mtdzdjztyty

[mixmaster]

It would have to not be php because then that would require users to install php on their servers.

[jonathanroz]

Well if they are using PHPBB for authentication they would already have PHP running

[mixmaster]

Well if they are using PHPBB for authentication they would already have PHP running

What you are suggesting is integrating that php class into subsonic. If that was used then you're forcing everyone to install php to support the tiny subset of users that would use this functionality. I don't want to have to install PHP in order to run subsonic.
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[jonathanroz]

OK I guess I should specify. I beleive this PHP code I included is something you can add to a PHPBB installation so that you can point other apps to it for authentication. From a Subsonic Standpoint I would just like the option to send authentication requests to this code.

It would be similar to how Subsonic supports LDAP authentication, but you do not need to install LDAP on your server if you do not want to use that function.