/**
* Performs an authentication attempt
*
* @throws Zend_Auth_Adapter_Exception If authentication cannot be performed
* @return Zend_Auth_Result
*/
public function authenticate()
{
// get existing or new session
$session = $this->getSession();
// see if the session object has been implemented as a resource yet,
// if not it is becase the user hasn't logged in yet. To log in, a
// session resource must be created by using a post request to it
require_once 'models/Handler/Session.php';
$sessionHandler = new Default_Model_Handler_Session($session);
if (null === $sessionHandler->get(array('id' => 1))) {
// no session resource yet, create one as an anonymous/default user
$sessionHandler->post(array());
// this gets them in into the system, at which point if the user
// is in fact themselves posting to the session resource with their
// credentials, this created session will be forgotten and they
// will continue on as their proper identity
}
require_once 'Zend/Auth/Result.php';
return new Zend_Auth_Result(Zend_Auth_Result::SUCCESS, $session->identity);
}
