Joomla Login with Other PHP Scripts

Login to Joomla Users Table Outside Joomla

You may want to use the Joomla Framework in combination with standalone PHP applications. There can be many reasons for this; such as bypassing Joomla extensions and modules to use different software. Also, in many cases, it is much faster for a programmer to code pure php / mysql than it is to write pure php / mysql and convert it to a Joomla extension. If this is the case, you will probably want to tie into the Joomla Users table. If you do this, the simplest method is to create a login form that encrypts the password with md5. Joomla uses md5+salt by default; but shorter md5 strings work.

Now, your new tables with standalone php scripts can be joined and used with any Joomla tables.

November 22, 2011 by kent