I can't login using Auth in cakephp. There are some similar posts as this one on stackoverflow, however those answers seem not to work for me.
I have create a similar register form and that works with Auth but with logging in, $this->Auth->login(); returns false in the UsersController.
Auth uses the correct userModel and the username field is changed to email. (note: when I use username instead of email everywhere, it doesn't work either). The database has a table user that holds an email and a password field. The password field is hashed/encrypted with use of: AuthComponent::password()
// AppController
class AppController extends Controller {
public $helpers = array('Html', 'Form');
public $components = array(
'Session',
'Auth');
public function beforeFilter() {
$this->Auth->userModel = 'User';
$this->Auth->fields = array('username' => 'email', 'password' => 'password');
$this->Auth->loginAction = array('controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'login');
$this->Auth->loginRedirect = array('controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'index');
}
}
// UsersController
class UsersController extends AppController{
var $name = 'Users';
var $helpers = array('Html', 'Form');
function beforeFilter()
{
parent::beforeFilter();
// tell Auth not to check authentication when doing the 'register' action
$this->Auth->allow('register');
}
function login(){
if (isset($this->data['User'])) {
$this->Auth->login();
debug('tried');
}
}
// login.ctp
<?php
echo $this->Form->create('User',array('action'=>'login'));
echo $this->Form->input('email');
echo $this->Form->input('password');
echo $this->Form->end('Login');
?>
// user.php
<?php
class User extends AppModel{
var $name = 'User';
}
?>
I'm only using cakephp for a few days so it is probably an easy error, however I'm searching for it for a few hours now and I have still not found it.
