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1	# Admin:users/users	1	# Admin Users
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3	**Users** holds login credentials that allows a person to access	3	Admin users, **users**, or administrators as they are called in Litecart 3.x, are a set of credentials that allows you to sign in to the [backend](backend) for controlling the store.
4	the [administration panel](administration_panel).	4
5		5	## Entity Object
6	The admin panel has dual login protection for the high-risk of exposed	6
7	services on the internet:	7	```php
8		8	$user = new ent_user(); // LiteCart 3.x use ent_administrator()
9	* .htaccess authorization (protection of files and folders)	9	$user->data['username'] = '...';
10	* session based protection (logical protection of application features)	10	$user->set_password('...');
		11	$user->save();
		12	```
		13
		14	## Reference Model
		15
		16	Admin users doesn't have a reference object. Instead, values from the entity will be returned.
		17
		18	```php
		19	echo reference::user($username)->email;
		20	```
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		22	## Database Query
		23
		24	```php
		25	$query = database::query(
		26	"select * from ". DB_TABLE_PREFIX ."users
		27	where username = '". database::input($username) ."'
		28	limit 1;"
		29	);
		30
		31	$user = database::fetch($query);
		32	```

Edited by tim on Jan 30 2024 at 12:12 AM