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+<?php
+require_once 'vendor/autoload.php';
+
+class User
+{
+        public $user_name;
+        public $name;
+        public $first_name;
+        public $last_name;
+        public $email;
+        public $organization;
+        public $user_hash;
+        public $password;
+
+        function __construct(string $user_name, string $first_name, string $last_name, string $email, string $password, string $organization)
+        {
+                include 'config.php';
+                $this->user_name = $user_name;
+                $this->name = $first_name;
+                $this->first_name = $first_name;
+                $this->last_name = $last_name;
+                $this->email = $email;
+                $this->organization = $organization;
+                if ($ENCRYPT_PASSWORDS) {
+                        $this->user_hash = "{crypt}" . crypt($password, '$6$' . generateSalt(10) . '$');
+                        # $this->user_hash = "{SHA}" .  base64_encode(sha1($password, true));
+                } else {
+                        $this->user_hash = "{CLEAR}" . $password;
+                }
+                $this->password = $this->user_hash;
+
+        }
+}
+
+?>
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