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I'm working on the new CMS implementation project. We have ~4000 users in ExpressionEngine v 1.6.3 CMS.
The project requirement is, to let current EE members login to new CMS based on their encrypted credentials in EE.
Is the any way I can run an external php script utilizing Authentication Function from EE core $this->EE->auth->authenticate_username($username, $password)?
Any help will be appreciated.
Pawel
I would suggest building a simple API module within the EE installation.
You've found the Auth library which should do exactly what you need, it's just a matter of exposing it, because there really isn't an easy way to take EE's authentication scheme out of EE.
So once you create a module, it'd simply be a matter of setting up an action ID within the module and having it accept the username and password via POST. Then you can have it return in whatever format you like (JSON, XML, etc).
Your new CMS can then use CURL to connect to the API you've created.
