Create a Persistent Login Cookie
(Chapter 7, Authentication and Authorization - Pg 71)
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<?php
/*
+------------+------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+------------+------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| username | varchar(25) | | PRI | | |
| password | varchar(32) | YES | | NULL | |
| identifier | varchar(32) | YES | MUL | NULL | |
| token | varchar(32) | YES | | NULL | |
| timeout | int(10) unsigned | YES | | NULL | |
+------------+------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
*/
$salt = 'SHIFLETT';
$identifier = md5($salt . md5($username . $salt));
$token = md5(uniqid(rand(), TRUE));
$timeout = time() + 60 * 60 * 24 * 7;
setcookie('auth', "$identifier:$token", $timeout);
?>
