In this tutorial we will show you how to login with your Google account using php it is also known as Open Authentication Login System (oAUTH) by using this method you can login to your google account right from your website.
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To Login With Google Using PHP It Takes Only Two Steps:-
- Create a new project on google and collect all details
- Make a PHP file and define markup and scripting
Step 1. Create a new project on google and collect all details
You have to create a new project on google using this link https://code.google.com/apis/console/.
Then get all the required details like client ID, client secret and API keys then configure application details and enter you own details like client ID, client secret and redirect url.
You can find this file in src folder.You may also like login with twitter using PHP.
Step 2. Make a PHP file and define markup and scripting
We make a PHP file and save it with a name login.php
require_once 'src/Google_Client.php'; require_once 'src/contrib/Google_Oauth2Service.php'; session_start(); $client = new Google_Client(); $client->setApplicationName("Sample Google Login Application"); $oauth2 = new Google_Oauth2Service($client); if (isset($_GET['code'])) { $client->authenticate($_GET['code']); $_SESSION['token'] = $client->getAccessToken(); $redirect = 'http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; header('Location: ' . filter_var($redirect, FILTER_SANITIZE_URL)); return; } if (isset($_SESSION['token'])) { $client->setAccessToken($_SESSION['token']); } if (isset($_REQUEST['logout'])) { unset($_SESSION['token']); $client->revokeToken(); } if ($client->getAccessToken()) { $user = $oauth2->userinfo->get(); $email = filter_var($user['email'], FILTER_SANITIZE_EMAIL); $img = filter_var($user['picture'], FILTER_VALIDATE_URL); $personMarkup = "$email<div><img src='$img?sz=100'></div>"; $_SESSION['token'] = $client->getAccessToken(); } else { $authUrl = $client->createAuthUrl(); } if(isset($personMarkup)): print $personMarkup; //This will print user Information endif; if(isset($authUrl)) { print "<a class='login' href='$authUrl'>Login With Google</a>"; } else { print "<a class='logout' href='?logout'>Google Logout</a>"; }
Thats all, this is how to login with Google using PHP. You can customize this code further as per your requirement. And please feel free to give comments on this tutorial.
I hope this tutorial on login with Google helps you and the steps and method mentioned above are easy to follow and implement.