Is there a way to force authentication with Zend_Auth?

Question

I am working with Zend_Auth and saving cookie / session. I cannot figure out how to force authentication with this class.

Is there a way to make Zend_Auth believe that it is authenticated as a user?

Answer 1

Zend_Auth::getInstance()->getStorage()->write($identity); 

Where $identity will contain the same type of structure / data that is generated when a user logs in through a standard mechanism. For example, given this example code in the login action:

 $adapter = $this->getAuthAdapter($form->getValues()); $auth = Zend_Auth::getInstance(); $result = $auth->authenticate($adapter); if ($result->isValid()) { // (...) } 

$result->getIdentity() will return the identifier, if valid.