Best Authentication Is ??

1.) O Auth 2.0 (google,github ,etc )

2.) SMS based

3.) JWT

4.) BioMetric

Main Categorized as Session-Based and Sessionless

Sessionless Auth (Stateless )

uses JWT stored in cookies or localStorage

Best For React Application and Next

Session Based (stateful)

user server side session to store user Data.

examples are Passport.js ,Express-session

Use In PHP