I2CE User Access

The is is default authentication mechanism used by the iHRIS Suite.

Configuration

To use the default user authentication, you need to enable the module and possibly set an initialization string.

Enabling the Module

To enable, just make sure you have: <source lang='xml'>

<requirement name='UserAccess'>
  <atLeast version='4.0'/>
  <lessThan version='4.1'/>
</requirement>

</source>

This user access mechansim is implemented by the I2CE_UserAccess class.

Initialization String

The initialization string is sent to I2CE::initialize() in the index.php as the fourth argument, $user_access_init. This string is designed to be backwards compatible with the I2CE::intialize() method prior to version 4.0.3 and can take any of the following formats:

• null: The is the default value and means that we use the default tables (below) within the current database
• a string without a colon: For example 'iHRIS.' Then this is the name of the database that the user table resides in.
• a JSON encoded string: The data to is a JSON enocode string of optional configuration value for the user access. The JSON encoded data has the following keys:
  • userDB: The name of the database where the user table lies
  • detailTable: An alternate table to use instead of user
  • logTable: An alternate table to use instead of user_log
  • accessTable: An alternate table to use instead if access

Database Structure

It uses the following tables in your database:

• access. The table which associates a user's id to its role. It has the following columns:
  • user: int(11)
  • role: varchar(255)
• user The list of all user's known to the iHRIS Suite. It has the following columsn:
  • id: int(11)
  • username: varchar(20)
  • password: varchar(50)
  • firstname: varchar(50)
  • lastname: varchar(100)
  • email: varchar(100)
  • creator: int(11) the user id that created this account

In addition, the table user_log keeps track of the user activity.