I am pretty new to cakephp, I have been using it for a about a month now, mostly with the 1.1 release. Upgraded to 1.2 on this one application. It went okay, it was a simple application. The toughest part was validation and login. For those who have struggled through this as well, getting user logged in and the new validation in 1.2. Here is the source of what I did.
app/models/user.php
class User extends AppModel {
var $name = 'User';
var $useTable = 'users';
var $validate = array(
'username' => array(
VALID_NOT_EMPTY,
'alphanumeric' => array(
'rule' => 'alphanumeric',
'message' => 'Username may only consist of letter and numbers'),
'length' => array(
'rule' => array('between', 6, 20),
'message' => 'Username must be between 6 and 20 characters in length'),
'unique' => array(
'rule' => 'checkUniqueUser',
'message' => 'Username already taken'),
),
'password' => array(
VALID_NOT_EMPTY,
'length' => array(
'rule' => array('minLength', 6),
'message' => 'Password must be at least 6 characters in length'),
),
'email' => array(
'email' => array(
'rule' => 'email',
'message' => 'Invalid Email',
),
'unique' => array(
'rule' => 'checkUniqueEmail',
'message' => 'Email already in use',
),
),
);
//The Associations below have been created with all possible keys, those that are not needed can be removed
var $hasMany = array(
'Comment' => array('className' => 'Comment',
'foreignKey' => 'user_id',
'dependent' => false,
'conditions' => '',
'fields' => '',
'order' => '',
'limit' => '',
'offset' => '',
'exclusive' => '',
'finderQuery' => '',
'counterQuery' => ''
)
);
function checkUniqueUser($data) {
return $this->isUnique(array('username' => $this->data['User']['username']));
}
function checkUniqueEmail($data) {
return $this->isUnique(array(’email’ => $this->data['User']['email']));
}
// The basic login stuff
function validateLogin($data)
{
$user = $this->find(array(’username’ => $data['username'], ‘password’ => md5($data['password'])), array(’id’, ‘username’));
if(empty($user) == false)
return $user['User'];
return false;
}
}
?>
app/controllers/users_controller.php
class UsersController extends AppController {
var $name = 'Users';
// This is to know
function login()
{
if(empty($this->data) == false)
{
if(($user = $this->User->validateLogin($this->data['User'])) == true)
{
$this->Session->write(’User’, $user);
$this->Session->setFlash(’You\’ve successfully logged in.’);
$this->redirect(’/');
exit();
}
else
{
$this->Session->setFlash(’Sorry, the information you\’ve entered is incorrect.’);
exit();
}
}
}
function logout()
{
$this->Session->destroy(’User’);
$this->Session->setFlash(’You\’ve successfully logged out.’);
$this->redirect(’/');
}
function view($id = null) {
if (!$id) {
$this->Session->setFlash(__(’Invalid User.’, true));
$this->redirect(array(’action’=>’index’));
}
$this->set(’user’, $this->User->read(null, $id));
}
function add() {
if (!empty($this->data)) {
$this->User->create();
if ($this->User->save($this->data)) {
$this->Session->setFlash(__(’The User has been saved’, true));
$this->redirect(array(’action’=>’index’));
} else {
$this->Session->setFlash(__(’The User could not be saved. Please, try again.’, true));
}
}
}
}
?>
app/app_controller.php
class AppController extends Controller {
var $helpers = array('Html', 'Form', 'Javascript', 'Ajax');
function checkSession()
{
// If the session info hasn't been set...
if (!$this->Session->check('User'))
{
$this->Session->setFlash('The URL you\'ve followed requires you login.');
$this->redirect('/users/login');
}
}
}
?>
And then just call $this->checkSession() in your controllers to force a login
