Manual:Hooks/AutoAuthenticate

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This feature has been deprecated and should not be used with current versions of MediaWiki.

This feature was deprecated (or possibly removed completely) in version 1.13.0.

AutoAuthenticate
Available from version 1.5.4
Removed in version 1.13.0
Called to authenticate users on external/environmental means

*Define function:
function fnMyHook( &$user ) { ... }

*Attach hook:
$wgHooks['AutoAuthenticate'][] = 'fnMyHook';
Called from: StubObject.php

*For more information about attaching hooks, see Manual:Hooks.
*For examples of extensions using this hook, see Category:AutoAuthenticate extensions.


Warning Warning: This hook doesn't exist anymore in 1.13 or above, use UserLoadFromSession instead.

Note Note: The return result for this hook is not used by MediaWiki.

[edit] Details

  • $user: A user object to be setup by the external authentication extension. Once an extension creates and logs in a user, they should assign that user to this object.