Comments on: User Registration with CakePHP 1.2 and Auth Component

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:11:22 +0000

Hey all – well I posted this problem to another blog but see that this one is more recent. I am in need of help – I’m struggling with having the authComponent use email instead of username for login. Cake Version 1.2

This is what I have in app_controller:
var $components = array(’Auth’);

function beforeFilter() {
$this->Auth->fields = array(
‘username’ => ‘email’,
‘password’ => ‘password’
);
}

This is what I have in login.ctp:
echo $form->create(’User’, array(’action’ => ‘login’));
echo $form->input(’email’);
echo $form->input(’password’);
echo $form->end(’Login’);

I have verified that the registration is working – db is storing users perfectly w/ hashed password. Even after changing the fields in the app_controller before filter, I am getting “Login failed. Invalid username or password.” as the auth flash message.

Any help would be appreciated!

By: mzee.richo

mzee.richo — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:29:42 +0000

Nice stuff . trully cool .

By: dan

dan — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:38:25 +0000

where does this go?
Auth->allow(‘register’);

By: Vikram

Vikram — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:08:39 +0000

Great writeup! However, if $this->data[‘User’][‘passwrd’] = null; before the User is saved, the validation on passwrd will always fail. The ideal location would be after the if ($this->User->save()) { … } block. Resetting is not really necessary prior to the redirect, but is not a bad idea.

By: ben

ben — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:04:01 +0000

It’s probably better to unset the passwrd field before you save it anyway, so that way it doesn’t get saved to the model, if you have a field in the db for it, and it doesn’t get printed on form invalidation.

By: casey

casey — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 05:57:51 +0000

im so glad someone wrote something about authentication in 1.2. theres not a whole lot using the new components and the old stuff is kinda hackish and not cake-like

thanks