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Hello, I'm Wilhelm, a PHP developer, and this is my little corner of the internet where I can discuss things that interest me and, hopefully, you too. :-)


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13Jun 2007

Upcoming Series on OpenId

I just realized that for a tech-oriented blog, there isn't really a whole lot of tech-oriented entries. So, in an effort to rectify this issue, and to get some readers interested in this place, I've decided to create a series of articles that deal directly with OpenId.

Why OpenId? Well, it seems like an interesting technology that I think more people, especially my fellow developers, should know about and, hopefully, want to know about. So, in the coming weeks, expect to see some thorough content on the subject that covers the following concerns:

  1. What is OpenId?
  2. Why is OpenId?
  3. What are its benefits?
  4. How can I use it with my site / software?
  5. How can I implement this solution using PHP?

The first article will deal mainly with the first 4 in the list while all subsequent articles will cover how to implement this authentication solution using PHP.

Stay tuned! I know I will.


Your Commentary:

Looks like a really interesting idea that could really save everyone time on the web if it was widely adopted.

Are you going to go for one of the ten $5,000 bounty prizes and implement it into MyTopix? The crazy fools have listed PHPBB as a project they'd like to see implementing it, so it's not just huge projects that can go for the cash ;)

Pete spoke the truth on June 14th at 10:40 am #

Yeah, I read about that bounty thing they're doing. I really don't think I'd want to implement a newer technology like OpenId into MyTopix's aging code base. This is something I'd do if I ever decided to start over completely from scratch with the software.

I do agree, though, that this is a great solution that would benefit everybody if it was widely adopted.

Wilhelm Murdoch spoke the truth on June 14th at 11:43 am #

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