Note that the "comprehensive listing" by Jens Roland doesn't include user roles. If you're interested in assigning different user roles (like admin/user or admin/editor/user), these libraries allow it:
- Ion_Auth (rewrite of Redux)
- Redux
- Backend Pro
Tank_Auth (#1 above in Jens's list) doesn't have user roles. I realize it's not exactly part of authentication, but since
- authentication and role management are both handled upon page load
- Both involve security
- The same table/model can be used for both.
- Both can be set up to load in the controller constructor (or even autoload)
It makes a LOT of sense to have one library to handle both, if you need it. I'm switching to Ion_Auth from Tank_Auth because of this.
