Magento customer login from outside magento - ajax

Question

I am trying to login as a customer.
I am requesting the Following code (AJAX) and this outside magento store.
<?php
require_once "../app/Mage.php";
umask(0);
Mage::app('default');
Mage::getSingleton("core/session", array("name" => "frontend"));
$user = $_POST['user'];
$password = $_POST['password'];
$session = Mage::getSingleton('customer/session');
$flag = 0;
$resultArr = array();
function customerLogin($user,$password){
try{
$session = Mage::getSingleton('customer/session');
$result = $session->login($user,$password);
$customer = $session->getCustomer();
$session->setCustomerAsLoggedIn($customer);
$resultArr['flag'] = 1;
$resultArr['msg'] ='Logged in as '.$customer->getName();
$jsonReturn = json_encode($resultArr);
return $jsonReturn;
}catch(Exception $e){
$resultArr['flag'] = 0;
$resultArr['msg'] = $e->getMessage();
$jsonReturn = json_encode($resultArr);
return $jsonReturn;
}
}
echo customerLogin($user,$password);
?>
I found the above code is Creating the session files at var/session directory successfully but unable to write customer entry in log_customer DB table . Anybody know whats the problem here.
Thanks :)
UPDATED
Okie the following updated code(customerLogin.php) is working under a condition
<?php
function customerLogin($user,$password){
require_once "./app/Mage.php";
Mage::app('default');
Mage::getSingleton("core/session", array("name" => "frontend"));
$user = $_POST['user'];
$password = $_POST['password'];
$flag = 0;
$resultArr = array();
$session = Mage::getSingleton('customer/session');
try{
$result = $session->login($user,$password);
//$customer = $session->getCustomer();
$session->setCustomerAsLoggedIn($session->getCustomer());
$resultArr['flag'] = 1;
$resultArr['msg'] ='Logged in as '.$session->getCustomer()->getName();
$cusArr = array(
'isLoggedIn' => true,
'name' => $session->getCustomer()->getName(),
'id' => $session->getId(),
'email' =>$session->getCustomer()->getEmail(),
);
$resultArr['customerData'] = $cusArr;
$jsonReturn = json_encode($resultArr);
return $jsonReturn;
}catch(Exception $e){
$resultArr['flag'] = 0;
$resultArr['msg'] = $e->getMessage();
$jsonReturn = json_encode($resultArr);
return $jsonReturn;
}
}
echo customerLogin($user,$password);
?>
if i follow the directory structure like:
|-- app
|-- **customerLogin.php**
|-- downloader
|-- install.php
|-- js
|-- lib
|-- media
|-- var
But its not working if I place code one directory level down like :
|-- app
|-- **customerLogin**
`--**customerLogin.php**
|-- downloader
|-- install.php
|-- js
|-- lib
|-- media
|-- var
Anybody knows whats the problem.
I am wondering why magento is unable to write session entry in log_customer table when i place my code one level down.

Answer 1

Get your customer id then use the below code.
Mage::getSingleton('customer/session')->loginById($customerId);

Answer 2

try this code to login from outside of magento, create demo.php file in magento root and put following code.
include('app/Mage.php');
Mage::app();
if($_POST && $_POST["email"] && $_POST["password"])
{
$email=$_POST["email"];
$password=$_POST["password"];
$session = Mage::getSingleton('customer/session');
try {
$log = $session->login($email, $password);
$session->setCustomerAsLoggedIn($session->getCustomer());
$customer_id=$session->getCustomerId();
$send_data["success"]=true;
$send_data["message"]="Login Success";
$send_data["customer_id"]=$customer_id;
}
catch (Exception $ex) {
$send_data["success"]=false;
$send_data["message"]=$ex->getMessage();
}
}
else
{
$send_data["success"]=false;
$send_data["message"]="Enter both Email and Password";
}
echo json_encode($send_data);

Answer 3

store id and website id here set custom
you will change accordance to u
<?php
ob_start();
error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', TRUE);
ini_set('display_startup_errors', TRUE);
require_once "app/Mage.php";
umask(0);
Mage::app();
$firstname = "krishana";
$lastname = "singh";
$email = "krish.bhati#gmail.com";
$password = "12345678";
// Website and Store details
$websiteId = Mage::app()->getWebsite()->getId('1');
$store = Mage::app()->getStore('31');
$customer = Mage::getModel("customer/customer");
$customer->website_id = $websiteId;
$customer->setStore($store);
$mageRunCode = isset ( $_SERVER ['MAGE_RUN_CODE'] ) ? $_SERVER ['MAGE_RUN_CODE'] : '';
$mageRunType = isset ( $_SERVER ['MAGE_RUN_TYPE'] ) ? $_SERVER ['MAGE_RUN_TYPE'] : 'store';
$app = Mage::app ( $mageRunCode, $mageRunType );
Mage::app('default');
Mage::getSingleton('core/session', array('name' => 'frontend'));
$session = Mage::getSingleton('customer/session');
$session->start();
$customer->loadByEmail($email);
$customer_id= $customer->getId();
if($customer_id){
Mage::getSingleton('customer/session')->loginById($customer_id);
Mage_Core_Model_Session_Abstract_Varien::start();
try{
$session->login($email, $password);
}
catch(Exception $e) {}
$session->setCustomerAsLoggedIn($session->getCustomer());
echo $session->isLoggedIn() ? $session->getCustomer()->getName().' is online!' : 'not logged in';
}
?>

Answer 4

Easily open your account & forgot password for your Magento without loading any pages through GSD Ajax login. Below URL is very useful.
http://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/easy-ajax-login-by-smartshore.html

Answer 5

use below code in magento controller it will work inside controller because custom PHP file can not generate magento visitor log
public function customerLoginSession($customer_id){
/** #var $session Mage_Customer_Model_Session */
$session = Mage::getSingleton( 'customer/session' );
Mage::app()->getStore()->setWebsiteId(1);
try
{
//$session->login( $user, $pass);
$session->loginById($customer_id);
$customer = $session->getCustomer();
$session->setCustomerAsLoggedIn($customer);
$res = json_encode(array('status' => 'valid', 'userData' => $customer->getId()));
}
catch( Exception $e )
{
$res = json_encode(array('status' => 'invalid', 'userData' => $e->getMessage()));
}
return $res;
}