There are many times when you will want certain content on your site to be restricted and viewable only to users who are registered with your site. There are different ways to carry this out, but the most functional and usefull method is to have your users register with your site, store that info in a database and require them to login to view said content.
This article will walk you through the process of developing a user authentication system that you can use to restrict pages or page content. We will first create a database table to hold user information and verify user identity. We will create a user registration system, including email validation to verify the user, a user login system and the code to include in your pages that should be restricted to authorized users only.
The content covered in this article should give you a solid foundation that you can expand or modify to incorporate more features to suite your needs. I have tried to be as accurate as possible to ensure no bugs, but if you find any, please contact me through the site contact form and let me know.
So lets get started and take look at how we are going to set this application up!