Zend\Authentication\Validator\Authentication provides the ability to utilize a validator for an InputFilter in the instance of a Form or for single use where you simply want a true/false value and being able to introspect the error.
The available configuration options include :
adapter : This is an instance of Zend\Authentication\Adapter.
identity : This is the identity or name of the identity in the passed in context.
credential : This is the credential or the name of the credential in the passed in context.
service : This is an instance of Zend\Authentication\AuthenticationService
Basic Usage :
use Zend\Authentication\AuthenticationService;
use Zend\Authentication\Validator\Authentication as AuthenticationValidator;
$service = new AuthenticationService();
$adapter = new My\Authentication\Adapter();
$validator = new AuthenticationValidator(array(
'service' => $service,
'adapter' => $adapter,
));
$validator->setCredential('myCredentialContext');
$validator->isValid('myIdentity', array(
'myCredentialContext' => 'myCredential',
));
