How to force an authentication/login on a php page?

[Jarabeck]

I built a separate PHP report for my Sugar CRM and would like to force an authentication, so only valid SugarCRM users can have access to it. Ist it possible?

Which functions should I use?

Thanks.

[Angel]

You could hook it into the SOAP API. The SOAP API has routines that allow you to validate the user.

[kbrill]

I built a separate PHP report for my Sugar CRM and would like to force an authentication, so only valid SugarCRM users can have access to it. Ist it possible?

Which functions should I use?

Thanks.

This is actually very easy to do without soap.

1. Put it in a directory in "modules". You can pick a current one like Dashboard or charts, or create a new one if you like. I would just choose charts myself.
2. Then add this line to the top of your php program
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

    if(!defined('sugarEntry') || !sugarEntry) die('Not A Valid Entry Point'); 
     

   This will only allow the program to be run from with SugarCRM.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
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3. Then edit a menu.php file. Pick one that makes sense depending on what your report reports on. If its a leads report then edit the modules/Leads/menu.php file. Add an array item to the bottom of the list like this
   
   

    $module_menu[]=Array("index.php?module=Charts&action=MYREPORT&return_module=Leads&return_action=index", "MY REPORT","Reports", 'Leads'); 
     

   
   
   Change MYREPORT to the name of your php file (without the .php at the end) and the MY REPORT to whatever text you want to show up in the menu. If you wanted to internationalize it you could get fancy and add a language file string. Look at the other entries in the menu.php for guidence.
4. Run your report. It will now only run from within sugarcrm.