Joomla custom authentication plugin only for frontend

Question

I've created a custom authentication plugin and it works well. The plugin is in the plugins folder plugins/authentication.

Now I face the problem, when I would like to login in my backend, then the plugin will be initiated and my login into the backend fails.

How can I make the plugin only working for my frontend or by using my component?

Answer 1

You can restrict the plugin so that it only gets initiated in the frontend only, by using:

$app = JFactory::getApplication();

if($app->isSite())
{
    // Your plugin code
}

or to initiate for a specific component

$jinput      = JFactory::getApplication()->input;
$component  = $jinput->get('option');

if($component == 'com_content')
{
    // Your plugin code
}

Change com_content to the component you wish to check for.

Hope this helps