How to create a separate login page and auto login into the shop after successful login?

[Markus H.]

Hello,

 

at first, I'm not very experienced with PHP and web development, but I got the task to develop a separate login page for Prestashop.

 

We want to protect our internal company shop from accidentally call by other visitors. We work with a customer base that is already available in the shop database, so no new registration is necessary.

 

The idea is to establish a login page before the shop, in which the customers signing in with their shop login and -in case of success- they are automatically routed to the shop. The customer then have to be automatically logged into the shop, so he do not have to log in twice.

 

I have already found a few PHP scripts for a login pages, but there are two problems:

 

1) The information that I find to encrypt the customer passwords in Prestashop, seem to be incorrect. If I take a wel known password and encrypt it via md5 (_COOKIE_KEY _. $ Password), then the result does not match with the hash value in the table "customers.passwd".

 

2) If problem No. 1 will be solved, then I do not know how to automatically log in a customer into the shop.

 

I would be very grateful if someone can help me with a few examples or informations.

 

Thank you.

Markus

[Tung at RockPOS.com]

Markus,

1. If it happens, most likely your COOKIE_KEY has changed. There is no secret here expect for what you already know about its algorithm.

2. Try this free module. This allows administration log into a customer account at front-office.

See how the developer forces to log in. Then, you solve the problem.

 

https://prestashopmodul.com/en/admin-tools/47--free-login-as-customer-4prestashop.html

 

Hope that helps!