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May 15, 2012

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How Can I Log a User Into ScreenSteps Live Using PHP And ScreenSteps Live Remote Authentication?

The ScreenSteps Live Remote Authentication feature allows you to log users into ScreenSteps Live using a 3rd party system. We have created a WordPress plugin that works with the ScreenSteps Live Remote Authentication feature in order to give your WordPress users into ScreenSteps Live content.

To inspect the full source code you can download the ScreenSteps Live Remote Login plugin for WordPress.

Releveant Code

global $userdata;
get_currentuserinfo();
$options = get_option('sslive_remote_login');

$sFirstName= $userdata->user_firstname;
$sLastName= $userdata->user_lastname;
$sEmail = $userdata->user_email;
$sExternalID = ""; 
$sOrganization = ""; 
$sToken = $options['token'];

$sReturnToURL = urlencode($_POST['sslive_redirect_url']);

 /* Build the message */
$sTimestamp = (isset($_POST['sslive_redirect_timestamp']) && 
     !empty($_POST['sslive_redirect_timestamp'])) ? $_POST['sslive_redirect_timestamp'] : time(); 
$sMessage = $sFirstName.$sLastName.$sEmail.$sExternalID.$sOrganization.
    $sToken.$sTimestamp; 
$sHash = MD5($sMessage);

$sso_url = 'http://'. $options['domain'] . '/login/remote/?'.
	'first_name='.urlencode($userdata->user_firstname).'&
        last_name='.urlencode($userdata->user_lastname).
	'&email='.urlencode($sEmail).'&external_id='.$sExternalID.
        '&organization='.$sOrganization.
	'&timestamp='.$sTimestamp."&hash=".$sHash.'&return_to_url='.
        $sReturnToURL;
header("Location: ".$sso_url);
exit();

This is the relevant portion of the WordPress plugin code that deals with notifying ScreenSteps Live of a successful login.