user_auth

Basic user authentication system using PHP & MySQL

Clone the repository to htdocs or www repository according to the tool (XAMPP or LAMPP)

Prerequisites:

1. XAMPP -> Start (Apache & MySQL) using PHPMyAdmin, create a database user_auth and import the user_credentials sql file
2. In db_config.php file, assumption for MySQL db connection has no password.

Use-case Execution:

1. Visit the index page, localhost/user_auth/
2. Create an account by visiting, Register Here page
3. If registration is successfull then, visit the Log In page
4. Enter the registered account credentials to access dashboard page
5. If the details are matched then, dashboard page will be loaded
6. In dashboard page, you have a button to Log Off from your account.

Test-case:

1. Basic form validations in all the pages
2. User cannot access the dashboard page without a valid account
3. Account with simillar username cannot be registered
4. Hash password is stored in the MySQL table
5. Session will be expired in 5 minutes, if there isn't any activity on dashboard page