Add user authentication and Okta Resource Management to your PHP app

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Get started with PHP + Okta

These resources walk you through adding user authentication to your PHP app in minutes.

• Sign users in quickstart
• Sample app

Integrate with Okta using the Okta-hosted Sign-In Widget

These SDKs help you integrate with Okta by redirecting to the Okta Sign-In Widget using OpenID Connect (OIDC) client libraries.

PHP redirect authentication sample app (opens new window): See Okta-hosted login (opens new window) for a redirect configuration.

Okta Classic Engine PHP SDKs

• The Okta PHP Management SDK (opens new window) can be used in your server-side code to create and update users.
• okta/sdk on Packagist (opens new window)
• Okta JWT Verifier for PHP (opens new window)

Recommended guides

Okta-hosted Sign-In Widget guide:

Sign users in to your web app using the redirect model

Other guides:

• Implement the Authorization Code flow
• Add an identity provider (includes social login)
• Validate access tokens
• Validate ID tokens
• OAuth 2.0 from the Command Line

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