I'm currently developing a website in PHP, however a large section of the website (that I can't redevelop) is in ASP.NET.
I require a system where our clients can login, and then be logged in to both the PHP and the ASP pages of our site. I've done a bit of research and come up with a few ideas but I'm not sure what the best method is?
- Use a cookie that both languages can access and read/write to
- Use some sort of HTAccess/Digest Auth that will result in one login for all pages
- Use a DB session that both can read, although not sure how to implement this, especially seeing as I'm having trouble accessing the MSSQL server from PHP, only a MySQL - can ASP access a mysql server?
- Some sort of login script as follows:
- User logins in and submits to PHP page
- Login processed with PHP and session created etc
- User/pw rePOSTed to asp page
- ASP page proccesses login and stores it's session etc
- ASP returns back to 'after-login' page..
To be honest, I'm not sure what the best solution is! Your thoughts would be appreciated!
Thanks,
Dave
