PHP Secure Stateless Cookies Class free download

PHP Secure Stateless Cookies Class free download

The PHP Secure Stateless Cookies Class lets you create a system that authenticates with secure cookies instead of using PHP sessions. Furthermore, it allows for:

1. Secure password hashing
2. Secure cookie hashing
3. Automatically updates md5 passwords
4. Can interpret (Non-Portable) PHPass hashes without changing your current user database

Documentation

Check out the documentation for code samples and usage.

Purpose

There is quite a bit of discussion between stateful and stateless. For a better understanding of stateless cookies and stateless PHP applications, consider reading the article Hardened Stateless Session Cookies (PDF) by Steven J. Murdoch.

Changelog

• (12.05.2012) v1.0
  • Release version
• (12.06.2012) v1.1
  • Added a much more secure salting algorithm
  • Updated properties to follow OOP standard
  • Added verifyAuth as security measure
• (02.08.2014) v1.2
  • Updated encryption method
  • Added _switchUserTo method
  • Added _switchUserBack method
  • Added _setcookie method
  • Added remember me cookie