Smarty ACL

SmartyACL is a library with basic authentication and authorization functions for Codeigniter 3. This library was based on Ion Auth but with the addition of ACL / RBAC and some other features.

Features

• Register
  • Register admin or user
  • Send mail verification (optional)
• Login
  • Single or Multi login(email, username or both)
  • Limit max attempts
  • Remember me
  • Checks account status(inactive or banned) (optional)
  • Check mail verification (optional)
• Forgot Password
  • Send reset password mail
• Reset Password
  • Validate security code and update user email/password
• Roles
  • Create, update, delete
  • Assign module permissions
• Modules
  • Create, update and delete
• Admin Group - Users with role/permission access
• User Group - Common users without role/permission access
• Cache data to improve performance (optional)

Summary

• Requirements
• Demo
• Installation
• Default Login
• Usage
• Contributing
• Support
• References

Requirements

• Codeigniter 3 (developed on 3.1.11)
• PHP 7.x (developed on 7.3)

Demo

Download a demo application here

Installation

1. Download latest released version
2. Put SmartyAcl folder on application/third_party directory
3. Add to $autoload['packages']¹ in application/config/autoload.php

   $autoload['packages'] = array(APPPATH.'third_party/SmartyAcl');
   

4. Import DB tables using migration or database.sql file
5. Config library preferences on application/third_party/SmartyAcl/config/smarty_acl.php

¹ Alternatively, you can copy the contents of the SmartyAcl folder to the respective directories in the application folder and load the library directly into the controller using $this->load->library('smarty_acl');

Default Login

Username: admin
Password: 123456

Usage

Methods List

Method	Description
register()	Register a new Admin User
register_user()	Register a new User
login()	User or Admin Login
activate()	Activate admin user with code(email)
activate_user()	Activate user with code(email)
resend_activation()	Resend email confirmation code (admin/user)
forgotten_password()	Send reset password email (admin/user)
forgotten_password_check()	Validate forgotten password code (admin/user)
reset_password()	Reset email and password (admin/user)
logged_in()	Check if user is logged in (admin/user)
logout()	Logout current logged in user (admin/user)
roles()	Get roles list
role()	Get single role
create_role()	Create a new Role
update_role()	Update a single Role
delete_role()	Delete a single Role
modules()	Get modules list
module()	Get single module
create_module()	Create a new Module
update_module()	Update a single Module
delete_module()	Delete a single Module
module_permissions()	Get a single Module Permissions
authorized()	Check if logged in user is authorized to access current module
module_authorized()	Check if logged in user has permission to a specific module
authorized_action()	Check if logged in user has permission to current module action method
has_permission()	Check if logged in user has permission to a specific module action method
admins()	Get admins
users()	Get users
get_user()	Get a single user
get_admin()	Get a single admin
update_user()	Update a single user (admin/user)
delete_user()	Delete a single user (admin/user)
set_delimiter()	Set delimiters for error messages
errors()	Show error messages

Register Admin

Call:

$this->smarty_acl->register($identity, $password, $email, $additional_data, $role_id);

Responses:

int = user registered
array = user data array if verification is enabled but 'email_sender' is disabled
false(bool) = failed to register

Field	Required	Info
$identity	yes	field used to register/login user (username, email, phone, etc)
$password	yes	user password
$email	yes	user email address
$additional_data	no	array with additional data(name, address, country, etc) (optional)
$role_id	no	role id to assign(optional). If null, will use $config['default_role']

Register User

Call:

$this->smarty_acl->register_user($identity, $password, $email, $additional_data, $role_id);

Responses:

int = user registered
array = user data array if verification is enabled but 'email_sender' is disabled
false(bool) = failed to register

Field	Required	Info
$identity	yes	field used to register/login user (username, email, phone, etc)
$password	yes	user password
$email	yes	user email address
$additional_data	no	array with additional data(name, address, country, etc) (optional)

Login

Call:

$this->smarty_acl->login($identity, $password, $remember, $admin);

Response:

(bool) = true if logged in

Field	Required	Info
$identity	yes	field used to register/login user (username, email, phone, etc)
$password	yes	user password
$admin	no (default TRUE)	(bool) set FALSE to user login

Activate Admin or user

Call:

//Admin user
$this->smarty_acl->activate($user_id, $code);
//User
$this->smarty_acl->activate_user($user_id, $code);

Response:

(bool) = true if activated

Field	Required	Info
$user_id	yes	User ID
$code	yes	Activation Security Code

Resend Activation Mail

Call:

$this->smarty_acl->resend_activation($email, $admin);

Response:

(bool) = true if sent successfully

Field	Required	Info
$email	yes	User email address
$admin	no (default TRUE)	(bool) set FALSE to use for users

Forgotten Password

Call:

$this->smarty_acl->forgotten_password($email, $admin);

Response:

(bool) = true if sent successfully

Field	Required	Info
$email	yes	User email address
$admin	no (default TRUE)	(bool) set FALSE to use for users

Forgotten Password Check

Call:

$this->smarty_acl->forgotten_password_check($code, $admin);

Response:

(bool) = false if code is invalid or expired
(array) = user data array

Field	Required	Info
$code	yes	Secret Code
$admin	no (default TRUE)	(bool) set FALSE to use for users

Reset Password

Call:

$this->smarty_acl->reset_password($user, $email, $password, $admin);

Response:

(bool) = true if updated successfully

Field	Required	Info
$user	yes	Array with current user data(from forgotten_password_check())
$email	yes	New email address
$password	yes	New password
$admin	no (default TRUE)	(bool) set FALSE to use for users

Logged in

Call:

$this->smarty_acl->logged_in($admin);

Response:

(bool) = true if user is logged in

Field	Required	Info
$admin	no (default TRUE)	(bool) set FALSE to use for users

Logout

Call:

$this->smarty_acl->logout($admin);

Response:

(bool) = true if user is logged out

Field	Required	Info
$admin	no (default TRUE)	(bool) set FALSE to use for users

Get Roles

Call:

$this->smarty_acl->roles($result);

Response:

Roles list as object or array

Field	Required	Info
$result	no (default TRUE)	(bool) set FALSE to return array

Create Role

Call:

$this->smarty_acl->create_role($data);

Response:

(bool) = true if created

Field	Required	Info
$data	yes	array with role fields/values

Get Role

Call:

$this->smarty_acl->role($role_id);

Response:

(object) = if found
(bool) = false if not found

Field	Required	Info
$role_id	yes	Role ID

Update Role

Call:

$this->smarty_acl->update_role($role_id, $data);

Response:

(bool) = true if updated

Field	Required	Info
$role_id	yes	Role ID
$data	yes	array with role fields/values

Delete Role

Call:

$this->smarty_acl->delete_role($role_id);

Response:

(bool) = true if deleted

Field	Required	Info
$role_id	yes	Role ID

Get Modules

Call:

$this->smarty_acl->modules($result);

Response:

Roles list as object or array

Field	Required	Info
$result	no (default TRUE)	(bool) set FALSE to return array

Create Module

Call:

$this->smarty_acl->create_module($data);

Response:

(bool) = true if created

Field	Required	Info
$data	yes	array with module fields/values

Get Module

Call:

$this->smarty_acl->module($module_id);

Response:

(object) = if found
(bool) = false if not found

Field	Required	Info
$role_id	yes	Role ID

Update Module

Call:

$this->smarty_acl->update_module($module_id, $data);

Response:

(bool) = true if updated

Field	Required	Info
$role_id	yes	Role ID
$data	yes	array with module fields/values

Delete Module

Call:

$this->smarty_acl->delete_module($module_id);

Response:

(bool) = true if deleted

Field	Required	Info
$role_id	yes	Role ID

Get Module Permissions

Call:

$this->smarty_acl->module_permissions($role_id);

Response:

(array) = multidimensional array with
{
    [module_id] => {
        [permission_id] => [permission_method_name]
    }
}

Field	Required	Info
$role_id	yes	Role ID

Authorized

Call:

$this->smarty_acl->authorized();

Response:

redirect to unathorized route if not authorized

Module Authorized

Call:

$this->smarty_acl->module_authorized($module);

Response:

(bool) = false if not authorized

Field	Required	Info
$module	yes	Module Controller Name

Authorized Module Action

Call:

$this->smarty_acl->authorized_action();

Response:

redirect to unathorized route if not authorized

Has Permission

Call:

$this->smarty_acl->has_permission($permission);

Response:

(bool) = false if not authorized

Field	Required	Info
$permission	yes	Module Permission Name

Get Admins

Call:

$this->smarty_acl->admins($result);

Response:

Admins list as object or array

Field	Required	Info
$result	no (default TRUE)	(bool) set FALSE to return array

Get Users

Call:

$this->smarty_acl->users($result);

Response:

Users list as object or array

Field	Required	Info
$result	no (default TRUE)	(bool) set FALSE to return array

Get User

Call:

$this->smarty_acl->get_user($user_id);

Response:

User data as array

Field	Required	Info
$user_id	yes	User ID

Get Admin

Call:

$this->smarty_acl->get_admin($user_id);

Response:

Admin data as array

Field	Required	Info
$user_id	yes	User ID

Update User

Call:

$this->smarty_acl->update_user($data, $user_id, $admin);

Response:

(bool) = true if updated

Field	Required	Info
$data	yes	array with user fields/values
$user_id	yes	User ID
$admin	no (default TRUE)	(bool) set FALSE to use for users

Delete User

Call:

$this->smarty_acl->delete_user($user_id,$admin);

Response:

(bool) = true if deleted

Field	Required	Info
$user_id	yes	User ID
$admin	no (default TRUE)	(bool) set FALSE to use for users

Errors Delimiters

Call:

$this->smarty_acl->set_delimiter($start, $end);

Response:

(bool) = true if set successfully

Field	Required	Info
$start	yes	Start delimiter (<p>,<li>,<span>, etc)
$end	yes	End delimiter (</p>,</li>,</span>, etc)

Error Messages

Call:

$this->smarty_acl->errors();

Response:

(string) = for single error
(array) = for multiple errors

Contributing

Feel free to contribute with corrections, optimizations or improvements. Just send a Pull Request with your contribution.

Support

If you found a bug, Create an Issue. If you're having an issue with CodeIgniter or for general help with development I recommend checking out the CodeIgniter Forums

References

• Ion Auth repository used as reference