AbstractUserAuthentication implements LoggerAwareInterface uses LoggerAwareTrait, CookieHeaderTrait, PublicPropertyDeprecationTrait, PublicMethodDeprecationTrait

AbstractYes

Authentication of users in TYPO3

This class is used to authenticate a login user. The class is used by both the frontend and backend. In both cases this class is a parent class to BackendUserAuthentication and FrontendUserAuthentication

Table of Contents

Interfaces

LoggerAwareInterface

Properties

$checkPid  : bool
If set, the user-record must be stored at the page defined by $checkPid_value
$checkPid_value  : int|string|null
The page id the user record must be stored at, can also hold a comma separated list of pids
$enablecolumns  : array<string|int, mixed>
Enable field columns of user table
$loginType  : string
Login type, used for services.
$name  : string
Session/Cookie name
$uc  : array<string|int, mixed>
User Settings (= preferences)
$user  : array<string|int, mixed>|null
$user_table  : string
Table in database with user data
$usergroup_column  : string
Column for user group information
$usergroup_table  : string
Table in database with user groups
$userGroups  : array<string|int, mixed>
This array will hold the groups that the user is a member of
$userid_column  : string
Column for user-id
$userident_column  : string
Column for password
$username_column  : string
Column for login-name
$writeAttemptLog  : bool
Log failed login attempts
$writeStdLog  : bool
Decides if the writelog() function is called at login and logout
$dontSetCookie  : bool
Will prevent the setting of the session cookie
$formfield_status  : string
Form field with status: *'login', 'logout'. If empty login is not verified.
$formfield_uident  : string
Form field with password
$formfield_uname  : string
Form field with login-name
$lastLogin_column  : string
Column name for last login timestamp
$loginSessionStarted  : bool
Will be set to TRUE if the login session is actually written during auth-check.
$setCookie  : SetCookieBehavior
If set, this cookie will be set to the response.
$userSession  : UserSession|null
$userSessionManager  : UserSessionManager

Methods

__call()  : mixed
Checks if the method of the given name is available, calls it but throws a deprecation.
__construct()  : mixed
Initialize some important variables
__get()  : mixed
Gets the value of the property of the given name if tagged.
__isset()  : bool
Checks if the property of the given name is set.
__set()  : mixed
Sets the property of the given name if tagged.
__unset()  : mixed
Unsets the property of the given name if tagged.
appendCookieToResponse()  : ResponseInterface
Used to apply a cookie to a PSR-7 Response.
checkAuthentication()  : mixed
Checks if a submission of username and password is present or use other authentication by auth services
createUserSession()  : UserSession
Creates a user session record and returns its values.
enforceNewSessionId()  : mixed
Regenerates the session ID and sets the cookie again.
getAuthInfoArray()  : array<string|int, mixed>
Returns an info array which provides additional information for auth services
getLoginFormData()  : array<string|int, mixed>
Returns an info array with Login/Logout data submitted by a form or params
getModuleData()  : mixed
Gets module data for a module (from a loaded ->uc array)
getRawUserByName()  : array<string|int, mixed>
Fetching raw user record with username=$name
getRawUserByUid()  : array<string|int, mixed>
Fetching raw user record with uid=$uid
getSession()  : UserSession
getSessionData()  : mixed
Returns the session data stored for $key.
getUserId()  : int|null
getUserName()  : string|null
initializeUserSessionManager()  : void
Currently needed for various unit tests, until start() and checkAuthentication() methods are smaller and extracted from this class.
isActiveLogin()  : bool
isMfaSetupRequired()  : bool
Whether the user is required to set up MFA
logoff()  : mixed
Log out current user! Removes the current session record, sets the internal ->user array to a blank string; Thereby the current user (if any) is effectively logged out!
processLoginData()  : array<string|int, mixed>
Processes Login data submitted by a form or params
pushModuleData()  : void
Stores data for a module.
removeCookie()  : mixed
Empty / unset the cookie
setAndSaveSessionData()  : mixed
Sets the session data ($data) for $key and writes all session data (from ->user['ses_data']) to the database.
setBeUserByName()  : mixed
Raw initialization of the be_user with username=$name
setBeUserByUid()  : mixed
Raw initialization of the be_user with uid=$uid This will circumvent all login procedures and select a be_users record from the database and set the content of ->user to the record selected.
setSessionData()  : mixed
Set session data by key.
start()  : mixed
Starts a user session Typical configurations will: a) check if session cookie was set and if not, set one, b) check if a password/username was sent and if so, try to authenticate the user c) Lookup a session attached to a user and check timeout etc.
writelog()  : mixed
DUMMY: Writes to log database table (in some extension classes)
writeUC()  : mixed
This writes $this->>uc to the user-record. This is a way of providing session-data.
evaluateMfaRequirements()  : void
This method checks if the user is authenticated but has not succeeded in passing his MFA challenge. This method can therefore only be used if a user has been authenticated against his first authentication method (username+password or any other authentication token).
fetchPossibleUsers()  : array<string|int, mixed>
Loads users from various sources (= authentication services) as an array of arrays.
fetchValidUserFromSessionOrDestroySession()  : array<string|int, mixed>|null
If the session is bound to a user, this method fetches the user record, and returns it.
getAuthServiceConfiguration()  : array<string|int, mixed>
"auth" services configuration array from $GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['SVCONF']['auth']
getAuthServices()  : Traversable
Initializes authentication services to be used in a foreach loop
handleLoginFailure()  : void
Implement functionality when there was a failed login
isCookieSet()  : bool
Returns whether this request is going to set a cookie or a cookie was already found in the system
isRefreshTimeBasedCookie()  : bool
Determine whether a non-session cookie needs to be set (lifetime>0)
isSetSessionCookie()  : bool
Determine whether a session cookie needs to be set (lifetime=0)
performLogoff()  : mixed
Perform the logoff action. Called from logoff() as a way to allow subclasses to override what happens when a user logs off, without needing to reproduce the hook calls and logging that happens in the public logoff() API method.
regenerateSessionId()  : mixed
Regenerate the session ID and transfer the session to new ID Call this method whenever a user proceeds to a higher authorization level e.g. when an anonymous session is now authenticated.
removeSensitiveLoginDataForLoggingInfo()  : mixed
Removes any sensitive data from the incoming data (either from loginData, processedLogin data or the user record from the DB).
setSessionCookie()  : mixed
Sets the setCookie directive to "Send", which will then result in appending a new cookie to the PSR-7 response, see appendCookieToResponse().
shallSetSessionCookie()  : bool
Determines whether setting the session cookie is generally enabled, or the current session is a non-session cookie (FE permalogin).
unpack_uc()  : mixed
Unserializes the user configuration from the user record into $this->>uc
updateLoginTimestamp()  : mixed
Updates the last login column in the user with the given id
userConstraints()  : QueryRestrictionContainerInterface
This returns the restrictions needed to select the user respecting enable columns and flags like deleted, hidden, starttime, endtime and rootLevel

Properties

$checkPid

If set, the user-record must be stored at the page defined by $checkPid_value

public bool $checkPid = true

$checkPid_value

The page id the user record must be stored at, can also hold a comma separated list of pids

public int|string|null $checkPid_value = 0

$enablecolumns

Enable field columns of user table

public array<string|int, mixed> $enablecolumns = [ 'rootLevel' => '', // Boolean: If TRUE, 'AND pid=0' will be a part of the query... 'disabled' => '', 'starttime' => '', 'endtime' => '', 'deleted' => '', ]

$loginType

Login type, used for services.

public string $loginType = ''

$name

Session/Cookie name

public string $name = ''

$uc

User Settings (= preferences)

public array<string|int, mixed> $uc = []

$user

public array<string|int, mixed>|null $user

contains user- AND session-data from database (joined tables)

Internal

$user_table

Table in database with user data

public string $user_table = ''

$usergroup_column

Column for user group information

public string $usergroup_column = ''

$usergroup_table

Table in database with user groups

public string $usergroup_table = ''

$userGroups

This array will hold the groups that the user is a member of

public array<string|int, mixed> $userGroups = []

$userid_column

Column for user-id

public string $userid_column = ''

$userident_column

Column for password

public string $userident_column = ''

$username_column

Column for login-name

public string $username_column = ''

$writeAttemptLog

Log failed login attempts

public bool $writeAttemptLog = false

$writeStdLog

Decides if the writelog() function is called at login and logout

public bool $writeStdLog = false

$dontSetCookie

Will prevent the setting of the session cookie

protected bool $dontSetCookie = false
Internal

since TYPO3 v12. This is not considered public API anymore, as this property should be defined in another place in the future.

$formfield_status

Form field with status: *'login', 'logout'. If empty login is not verified.

protected string $formfield_status = ''
Internal

since TYPO3 v12. This is not considered public API anymore, as this property should be defined in another place in the future.

$formfield_uident

Form field with password

protected string $formfield_uident = ''
Internal

since TYPO3 v12. This is not considered public API anymore, as this property should be defined in another place in the future.

$formfield_uname

Form field with login-name

protected string $formfield_uname = ''
Internal

since TYPO3 v12. This is not considered public API anymore, as this property should be defined in another place in the future.

$lastLogin_column

Column name for last login timestamp

protected string $lastLogin_column = ''
Internal

since TYPO3 v12. This is not considered public API anymore, as this property should be defined in another place in the future.

$loginSessionStarted

Will be set to TRUE if the login session is actually written during auth-check.

protected bool $loginSessionStarted = false
Internal

since TYPO3 v12. This is not considered public API anymore, as this property should be defined in another place in the future.

$setCookie

If set, this cookie will be set to the response.

protected SetCookieBehavior $setCookie = \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Http\SetCookieBehavior::None

Methods

__call()

Checks if the method of the given name is available, calls it but throws a deprecation.

public __call(string $methodName, array<string|int, mixed> $arguments) : mixed

If the method does not exist, a fatal error is thrown.

Unavailable protected methods must return in a fatal error as usual. Marked methods are called and a deprecation entry is thrown.

__call() is not called for public methods.

Parameters
$methodName : string
$arguments : array<string|int, mixed>

__construct()

Initialize some important variables

public __construct() : mixed
Tags
throws
Exception

__get()

Gets the value of the property of the given name if tagged.

public __get(string $propertyName) : mixed

The evaluation is done in the assumption that this method is never reached for a public property.

Parameters
$propertyName : string

__isset()

Checks if the property of the given name is set.

public __isset(string $propertyName) : bool

Unmarked protected properties must return false as usual. Marked properties are evaluated by isset().

This method is not called for public properties.

Parameters
$propertyName : string
Return values
bool

__set()

Sets the property of the given name if tagged.

public __set(string $propertyName, mixed $propertyValue) : mixed

Additionally it's allowed to set unknown properties.

The evaluation is done in the assumption that this method is never reached for a public property.

Parameters
$propertyName : string
$propertyValue : mixed

__unset()

Unsets the property of the given name if tagged.

public __unset(string $propertyName) : mixed
Parameters
$propertyName : string

appendCookieToResponse()

Used to apply a cookie to a PSR-7 Response.

public appendCookieToResponse(ResponseInterface $response[, NormalizedParams|null $normalizedParams = null ]) : ResponseInterface
Parameters
$response : ResponseInterface
$normalizedParams : NormalizedParams|null = null
Internal

since TYPO3 v12. This is not considered public API anymore, as this method should be defined in another place in the future. If really needed implement the logic in an AuthenticationService or custom PHP class.

Tags
todo:

should go into a middleware?

Return values
ResponseInterface

checkAuthentication()

Checks if a submission of username and password is present or use other authentication by auth services

public checkAuthentication(ServerRequestInterface $request) : mixed
Parameters
$request : ServerRequestInterface
Internal
Tags
throws
MfaRequiredException

createUserSession()

Creates a user session record and returns its values.

public createUserSession(array<string|int, mixed> $userRecordCandidate) : UserSession
Parameters
$userRecordCandidate : array<string|int, mixed>

User data array

Return values
UserSession

The session data for the newly created session.

enforceNewSessionId()

Regenerates the session ID and sets the cookie again.

public enforceNewSessionId() : mixed
Internal

getAuthInfoArray()

Returns an info array which provides additional information for auth services

public getAuthInfoArray(ServerRequestInterface $request) : array<string|int, mixed>
Parameters
$request : ServerRequestInterface
Internal
Return values
array<string|int, mixed>

getLoginFormData()

Returns an info array with Login/Logout data submitted by a form or params

public getLoginFormData(ServerRequestInterface $request) : array<string|int, mixed>
Parameters
$request : ServerRequestInterface
Internal
Return values
array<string|int, mixed>

getModuleData()

Gets module data for a module (from a loaded ->uc array)

public getModuleData(string $module[, string $type = '' ]) : mixed
Parameters
$module : string

Is the identifier of the module, e.g. "web_info"

$type : string = ''

If $type = 'ses' then module data is returned only if it was stored in the current session, otherwise data from a previous session will be returned (if available).

Return values
mixed

The module data if available: $this->uc['moduleData'][$module];

getRawUserByName()

Fetching raw user record with username=$name

public getRawUserByName(string $name) : array<string|int, mixed>
Parameters
$name : string

The username to look up.

Internal
Tags
see
AbstractUserAuthentication::getUserByUid()
Return values
array<string|int, mixed>

user record or FALSE

getRawUserByUid()

Fetching raw user record with uid=$uid

public getRawUserByUid(int $uid) : array<string|int, mixed>
Parameters
$uid : int

The UID of the backend user to set in ->user

Internal
Return values
array<string|int, mixed>

user record or FALSE

getSessionData()

Returns the session data stored for $key.

public getSessionData(string $key) : mixed

The data will last only for this login session since it is stored in the user session.

Parameters
$key : string

The key associated with the session data

getUserId()

public getUserId() : int|null
Return values
int|null

getUserName()

public getUserName() : string|null
Return values
string|null

initializeUserSessionManager()

Currently needed for various unit tests, until start() and checkAuthentication() methods are smaller and extracted from this class.

public initializeUserSessionManager([UserSessionManager|null $userSessionManager = null ]) : void
Parameters
$userSessionManager : UserSessionManager|null = null
Internal

isActiveLogin()

public isActiveLogin(ServerRequestInterface $request) : bool
Parameters
$request : ServerRequestInterface
Return values
bool

isMfaSetupRequired()

Whether the user is required to set up MFA

public isMfaSetupRequired() : bool
Internal
Return values
bool

logoff()

Log out current user! Removes the current session record, sets the internal ->user array to a blank string; Thereby the current user (if any) is effectively logged out!

public logoff() : mixed

processLoginData()

Processes Login data submitted by a form or params

public processLoginData(array<string|int, mixed> $loginData, ServerRequestInterface $request) : array<string|int, mixed>
Parameters
$loginData : array<string|int, mixed>

Login data array

$request : ServerRequestInterface
Internal
Return values
array<string|int, mixed>

pushModuleData()

Stores data for a module.

public pushModuleData(string $module, mixed $data[, bool $dontPersistImmediately = false ]) : void

The data is stored with the session ID, so you can even check upon retrieval if the module data is from a previous session or from the current session.

Parameters
$module : string

Is the identifier of the module, e.g. "web_info"

$data : mixed

Is the data you want to store for that module (array, string, ...)

$dontPersistImmediately : bool = false

If set, then the ->uc array (which carries all kinds of user data) is NOT written immediately, but must be written by some subsequent call.

removeCookie()

Empty / unset the cookie

public removeCookie([string|null $cookieName = null ]) : mixed
Parameters
$cookieName : string|null = null

usually, this is $this->name

Internal

since TYPO3 v12. This is not considered public API anymore, if really needed implement the logic in an AuthenticationService or custom PHP class.

setAndSaveSessionData()

Sets the session data ($data) for $key and writes all session data (from ->user['ses_data']) to the database.

public setAndSaveSessionData(string $key, mixed $data) : mixed

The data will last only for this login session since it is stored in the session table.

Parameters
$key : string

Pointer to an associative key in the session data array which is stored serialized in the field "ses_data" of the session table.

$data : mixed

The data to store in index $key

setBeUserByUid()

Raw initialization of the be_user with uid=$uid This will circumvent all login procedures and select a be_users record from the database and set the content of ->user to the record selected.

public setBeUserByUid(int $uid) : mixed

Thus the BE_USER object will appear like if a user was authenticated - however without a session id and the fields from the session table of course. Will check the users for disabled, start/endtime, etc. ($this->user_where_clause())

Parameters
$uid : int

The UID of the backend user to set in ->user

Internal

setSessionData()

Set session data by key.

public setSessionData(string $key, mixed $data) : mixed

The data will last only for this login session since it is stored in the user session.

Parameters
$key : string

A non empty string to store the data under

$data : mixed

Data store store in session

start()

Starts a user session Typical configurations will: a) check if session cookie was set and if not, set one, b) check if a password/username was sent and if so, try to authenticate the user c) Lookup a session attached to a user and check timeout etc.

public start(ServerRequestInterface $request) : mixed

d) Garbage collection, setting of no-cache headers. If a user is authenticated the database record of the user (array) will be set in the ->user internal variable.

Parameters
$request : ServerRequestInterface

writelog()

DUMMY: Writes to log database table (in some extension classes)

public writelog(int $type, int $action, int $error, int $details_nr, string $details, array<string|int, mixed> $data, string $tablename, int|string $recuid, int|string $recpid) : mixed
Parameters
$type : int

denotes which module that has submitted the entry. This is the current list: 1=tce_db; 2=tce_file; 3=system (eg. sys_history save); 4=modules; 254=Personal settings changed; 255=login / out action: 1=login, 2=logout, 3=failed login (+ errorcode 3), 4=failure_warning_email sent

$action : int

denotes which specific operation that wrote the entry (eg. 'delete', 'upload', 'update' and so on...). Specific for each $type. Also used to trigger update of the interface. (see the log-module for the meaning of each number !!)

$error : int

flag. 0 = message, 1 = error (user problem), 2 = System Error (which should not happen), 3 = security notice (admin)

$details_nr : int

The message number. Specific for each $type and $action. in the future this will make it possible to translate error messages to other languages

$details : string

Default text that follows the message

$data : array<string|int, mixed>

Data that follows the log. Might be used to carry special information. If an array the first 5 entries (0-4) will be sprintf'ed the details-text...

$tablename : string

Special field used by tce_main.php. These ($tablename, $recuid, $recpid) holds the reference to the record which the log-entry is about. (Was used in attic status.php to update the interface.)

$recuid : int|string

Special field used by tce_main.php. These ($tablename, $recuid, $recpid) holds the reference to the record which the log-entry is about. (Was used in attic status.php to update the interface.)

$recpid : int|string

Special field used by tce_main.php. These ($tablename, $recuid, $recpid) holds the reference to the record which the log-entry is about. (Was used in attic status.php to update the interface.)

writeUC()

This writes $this->>uc to the user-record. This is a way of providing session-data.

public writeUC() : mixed

You can fetch the data again through $this->uc in this class!

evaluateMfaRequirements()

This method checks if the user is authenticated but has not succeeded in passing his MFA challenge. This method can therefore only be used if a user has been authenticated against his first authentication method (username+password or any other authentication token).

protected evaluateMfaRequirements() : void
Internal
Tags
throws
MfaRequiredException

fetchPossibleUsers()

Loads users from various sources (= authentication services) as an array of arrays.

protected fetchPossibleUsers(array<string|int, mixed> $loginData, bool $activeLogin, bool $isExistingSession, array<string|int, mixed>|null $authenticatedUserFromSession, ServerRequestInterface $request) : array<string|int, mixed>
Parameters
$loginData : array<string|int, mixed>
$activeLogin : bool
$isExistingSession : bool
$authenticatedUserFromSession : array<string|int, mixed>|null

if we have a user from an existing session, this is set here, otherwise null

$request : ServerRequestInterface
Return values
array<string|int, mixed>

fetchValidUserFromSessionOrDestroySession()

If the session is bound to a user, this method fetches the user record, and returns it.

protected fetchValidUserFromSessionOrDestroySession([bool $skipSessionUpdate = false ]) : array<string|int, mixed>|null

If the session has a timeout, the session date is extended if needed. Also the ìs_online flag is updated for the user.

However, if the session has expired the session is removed and the request is treated as an anonymous session.

Parameters
$skipSessionUpdate : bool = false
Return values
array<string|int, mixed>|null

getAuthServiceConfiguration()

"auth" services configuration array from $GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['SVCONF']['auth']

protected getAuthServiceConfiguration() : array<string|int, mixed>
Return values
array<string|int, mixed>

getAuthServices()

Initializes authentication services to be used in a foreach loop

protected getAuthServices(string $subType, array<string|int, mixed> $loginData, array<string|int, mixed>|null $authenticatedUserFromSession, ServerRequestInterface $request) : Traversable
Parameters
$subType : string

e.g. getUserFE

$loginData : array<string|int, mixed>
$authenticatedUserFromSession : array<string|int, mixed>|null

the user which was loaded from the session, or null if none was found

$request : ServerRequestInterface
Return values
Traversable

A generator of service objects

handleLoginFailure()

Implement functionality when there was a failed login

protected handleLoginFailure() : void

isCookieSet()

Returns whether this request is going to set a cookie or a cookie was already found in the system

protected isCookieSet() : bool
Internal

since TYPO3 v12. This is not considered public API anymore, if really needed implement the logic in an AuthenticationService or custom PHP class.

Return values
bool

Returns TRUE if a cookie is set

isRefreshTimeBasedCookie()

Determine whether a non-session cookie needs to be set (lifetime>0)

protected isRefreshTimeBasedCookie() : bool
Internal

since TYPO3 v12. This is not considered public API anymore, if really needed implement the logic in an AuthenticationService or custom PHP class.

Return values
bool

isSetSessionCookie()

Determine whether a session cookie needs to be set (lifetime=0)

protected isSetSessionCookie() : bool
Internal

since TYPO3 v12. This is not considered public API anymore, if really needed implement the logic in an AuthenticationService or custom PHP class.

Return values
bool

performLogoff()

Perform the logoff action. Called from logoff() as a way to allow subclasses to override what happens when a user logs off, without needing to reproduce the hook calls and logging that happens in the public logoff() API method.

protected performLogoff() : mixed

regenerateSessionId()

Regenerate the session ID and transfer the session to new ID Call this method whenever a user proceeds to a higher authorization level e.g. when an anonymous session is now authenticated.

protected regenerateSessionId() : mixed

removeSensitiveLoginDataForLoggingInfo()

Removes any sensitive data from the incoming data (either from loginData, processedLogin data or the user record from the DB).

protected removeSensitiveLoginDataForLoggingInfo(mixed|array<string|int, mixed> $data[, bool $isUserRecord = false ]) : mixed

No type hinting is added because it might be possible that the incoming data is of any other type.

Parameters
$data : mixed|array<string|int, mixed>
$isUserRecord : bool = false

setSessionCookie()

Sets the setCookie directive to "Send", which will then result in appending a new cookie to the PSR-7 response, see appendCookieToResponse().

protected setSessionCookie() : mixed

In case this method is called, the cookie needs to be set later.

shallSetSessionCookie()

Determines whether setting the session cookie is generally enabled, or the current session is a non-session cookie (FE permalogin).

protected shallSetSessionCookie() : bool
Return values
bool

unpack_uc()

Unserializes the user configuration from the user record into $this->>uc

protected unpack_uc() : mixed
Internal

since TYPO3 v12. This is not considered public API anymore, if really needed implement the logic in an AuthenticationService or custom PHP class.

updateLoginTimestamp()

Updates the last login column in the user with the given id

protected updateLoginTimestamp(int $userId) : mixed
Parameters
$userId : int

        
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