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License:	GNU/GPL, see LICENSE.php
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Defines 1 class

JUserHelper:: (9 methods):
  activateUser()
  getUserId()
  getCryptedPassword()
  getSalt()
  genRandomPasswordPHP4()
  genRandomPasswordPHP5()
  genRandomPassword()
  _toAPRMD5()
  _bin()

Class: JUserHelper - X-Ref

Authorization helper class, provides static methods to perform various tasks relevant
to the Joomla user and authorization classes

This class has influences and some method logic from the Horde Auth package

activateUser($activation) X-Ref

Method to activate a user

param: string $activation Activation string
return: boolean True on success

getUserId($username) X-Ref

Returns userid if a user exists

param: string The username to search on
return: int The user id or 0 if not found

getCryptedPassword($plaintext, $salt = '', $encryption = 'md5-hex', $show_encrypt = false) X-Ref

Formats a password using the current encryption.

param: string    $plaintext    The plaintext password to encrypt.
param: string    $salt        The salt to use to encrypt the password. []
param: string    $encryption    The kind of pasword encryption to use.
param: boolean    $show_encrypt  Some password systems prepend the kind of
return: string  The encrypted password.

getSalt($encryption = 'md5-hex', $seed = '', $plaintext = '') X-Ref

Returns a salt for the appropriate kind of password encryption.
Optionally takes a seed and a plaintext password, to extract the seed
of an existing password, or for encryption types that use the plaintext
in the generation of the salt.

param: string $encryption  The kind of pasword encryption to use.
param: string $seed        The seed to get the salt from (probably a
param: string $plaintext   The plaintext password that we're generating
return: string  The generated or extracted salt.

genRandomPasswordPHP4($length = 8) X-Ref

Generate a random password on PHP4
The password is not truely random, but the best we can do for PHP4.
To get a stronger random number, use PHP5.

param: int $length Length of the password to generate
return: string Random Password

genRandomPasswordPHP5($length = 8) X-Ref

Generate a random password
This method is secure.

param: int $length Length of the password to generate
return: string Random Password

genRandomPassword($length = 8) X-Ref

Generate a random password

param: int $length Length of the password to generate
return: string Random Password

_toAPRMD5($value, $count) X-Ref

Converts to allowed 64 characters for APRMD5 passwords.

param: string $value
param: integer $count
return: string $value converted to the 64 MD5 characters.

_bin($hex) X-Ref

Converts hexadecimal string to binary data.

param: string $hex Hex data.
return: string Binary data.

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/libraries/joomla/user/ -> helper.php (summary)

Defines 1 class