PHP SAML 2.0 Connector as SP

 Pre-requisites : Download and Installation

• To get the miniOrange PHP SAML 2.0 Connector Contact us .
• Unzip the PHP connector in the directory where your PHP application is running.
• Access SSO connector settings from your browser with URL https://<application-url>/sso
• Login to the PHP connector using your miniOrange credentials.
• In miniOrange PHP SAML 2.0 Connector, Under Plugin Settings tab you will get the SP Entity ID and ACS URL values which will be used while configuring your Identity Provider.

Step 2: Configure the connector using your Identity Provider details

• In Plugin Settings, use your Identity Provider details to configure the plugin.



• You can configure the SP base url or leave this option as it is. Other fields are optional.
• Click on the Save button to save your settings.

Test the Configuration

• You can test if the plugin is configured properly or by clicking on the Test Configuration button.


• You should see a Test Successful screen as shown below along with the user's attribute values as being sent by your Identity Provider

Step 3: Attribute Mapping

• From the Test Configuration window copy the attribute which is returning email and username.
• You can add any Custom Attribute and click on Save.

Step 4: Enable SSO into your Application

Once the SSO test was successful, you can provide an Application URL, to where the users will be redirected after logging in.

• To do so, click on the How to Setup? menu in SSO connector.
• In the input field for Application URL, enter the url of your application (where you want the users to redirect after logging in).
  
• To login the user into your application, you can read the session attribute set by the SSO connector.



    
   if(session_status() === PHP_SESSION_NONE)
   {
    session_start();
   }
    $email = $_SESSION['email'];
    $username = $_SESSION['username'];
   
    



• You can use the variables $email and $username in your application to find the user in your php application and start session for the user.
• Now that the plugin is configured, you're ready to use it in your application.
• Use the following URL as a link in your application from where you want to perform SSO:

http://<application-url>/sso/login.php"
For Example, you can use it as:
<a href="http://<application-url>/sso/login.php">Log in</a>

• Your users will be able to SSO in your application by clicking on the Log in link.