I'm looking to add an image upload and comment area to an already existing site. Not wanting to reinvent the wheel I'm wondering if there are any "drop in" ways to handle user management and security.
I've begun looking at frameworks like Codeigniter, but as far as I can see they need to be installed in the root of the system and as I said, the rest of the site is already there.
I also noticed that Symfony has a standalone security suite for PHP but I didn't see a user management component.
I guess going further down the DRY "reinvent the wheel"...is there any already existing open source framework that has members pages where they can upload images. I currently work in php, but I'm open to suggestions.
Thanks.
If all you want is the ability to upload images and have users comment, then why not incorporate the functionality of an existing image gallery into your application? Most of those will already include user management. This website lists some of the more common galleries: http://www.design3edge.com/2010/08/26/best-free-and-open-source-php-image-galleries/. There is bound to be one you like in that list.