Switch user from backend to frontend

Yii 2.0 General Discussions
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Hi,

I need to switch user from backend to frontend. Something like that the super admin switches to another user.

I can switch user by Yii::$app->login(…) but it works only in backend or frontend. The problem is in session, because backend and frontend have different sessions.

Has anybody an idea, how to resolve this problem?

Thanks!

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The advanced application is made up of two separate applications.

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So, there is no possibility to do it?

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You probably can - use a redirect and perform a login without user intervention.

If you are using REST then you can send a token and use auth to make it secure.

I haven’t tried it.

Just wanted to make you aware that we are essentially dealing with two separate Yii applications. That happen to use some common resources. :)

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Two separate Yii applications which share code, mind you :rolleyes:

If you want to share sessions between the backend and frontend, you can do so. First thing would be configuring the session cookie so it wasn’t locked down to a single hostname, and then you would have to build an auth piece around it. Not too difficult I suppose.

Or like mentioned you have the option of kicking them to a URL which logs them in to the backend automatically. For instance, generate a unique, one-time log in hash. Lock it down to user agent, IP (depending on requirements), user id, etc. etc. and keep it valid for a short period of time (15 seconds?). Match that user hash to a user ID, log them in, invalidate the hash.