API17:JAuthentication::authenticate

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JAuthentication::authenticate

Description

Finds out if a set of login credentials are valid by asking all obvserving objects to run their respective authentication routines.

Since

Synopsis

public JAuthentication::authenticate ($credentials, $options)

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
$credentials	array		Array holding the user credentials
$options

Returns

mixed Integer userid for valid user if credentials are valid or boolean false if they are not

Defined in

libraries/joomla/user/authentication.php (line 87)

• see source code in BitBucket

See also

• JAuthentication
• Other versions of this method

Examples

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