From 982789a320ea577f19623bf9532bd4e1cf9b3bc5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Taylor Otwell <taylorotwell@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 13:44:13 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Added Auth::remember method for conveniently logging in users
 after a fresh registration.

---
 system/auth.php | 21 ++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/system/auth.php b/system/auth.php
index e7f914c8..e9734896 100644
--- a/system/auth.php
+++ b/system/auth.php
@@ -96,9 +96,7 @@ class Auth {
 		{
 			if (Hash::check($password, $user->password))
 			{
-				static::$user = $user;
-
-				Session::put(static::$key, $user->id);
+				static::remember($user);
 
 				return true;
 			}
@@ -107,6 +105,23 @@ class Auth {
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Login a user without checking any credentials.
+	 *
+	 * This is helpful for logging in a user after a fresh registration.
+	 *
+	 * Note: The user given to this method should be an object having a "id" property.
+	 *
+	 * @param  object  $user
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public static function remember($user)
+	{
+		static::$user = $user;
+
+		Session::put(static::$key, $user->id);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Log the user out of the application.
 	 *