cakePHP - redirect after login

Question

first to say I checked also into this answer and this other answer but it seems that doesn't solve the problem.

Expected result: after a successful login, redirect to "/admin/dashboard/index"

Actual result: after a successful login the application redirects to "/users/login". Login is done right, I can see it in the session. Also, when manually navigating to "/admin/dashboard" in the browser it redirects to "/admin" then following the rule defined in Config/routes.php it goes in infinite redirect loop

Here the relevant code:

in Config/core.php

Configure::write( 'Routing.prefixes', array( 'admin' ) );

in Config/routes.php

Router::connect( '/admin', array( 'controller' => 'dashboard', 'action' => 'index', 'admin' => true ) );

This is in my login action in UsersController

if ( $this->request->is( 'post' ) ) {
    if ( $this->Auth->login() ) {
        $this->redirect( $this->Auth->redirectUrl() );
    } else {
        $this->BASession->err( __( 'Login error. Please check your data!' ) );
    }
}

And, finally, this is my Auth configuration

    $this->Auth->loginAction = array( 'controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'login', 'admin' => false );
    $this->Auth->logoutRedirect = array( 'controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'login', 'admin' => false );
    $this->Auth->loginRedirect = array( 'controller' => 'dashboard', 'action' => 'index', 'admin' => true );
    $this->Auth->autoRedirect = true;

Relevant to say that changing with

$this->Auth->autoRedirect = false;

Does not makes any difference.

A DashboardController class with an empty "admin_index" function exists, even a blank view.

In the login function, debugging "$this->Auth->redirectUrl()" displays "/admin"

PHP version 5.4.10 - cakePHP version 2.5.1

I hope I have given sufficient information, if not, ask for them.

thank you!

try to set the Auth parameters in the component variable in your AppControler instead of setting them trought Auth object public $components = array('Auth' => array('loginAction' => array('controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'login', 'plugin' => false),'loginRedirect' => array('controller' => 'dashboard', 'action' => 'index', 'prefix' => 'admin'), 'authError' => 'You shall not pass')); Sorry, i'm not good with the stack markdonw formatting — hidewak
hey @ADmad you made it! it's working now by setting "return true" in the "isAuthorized" function inside "DashboardController". anyway, that's quite strange, i thought the problem was related to authentication issues and not authorization ones. but...good catch! still i can't figure why it was acting that way, but i'll dig into it. an aside question... is there a way to tell the application where to redirect if authorization fails? — paolaccio
"$this->Auth->redirectUrl()" displays "/admin" This was the hint that authentication and routing was working fine. So the next logical problem was authorization :) If authorization fails a message is set in session. Using DebugKit you can easily check the session values. Plus if you are authenticated $this->Auth->user() would return the user record irrespective of authorization info. — ADmad
Btw the isAuthorized() should be in AppController not a specific controller. — ADmad

chetanspeed511987 chetanspeed511987 · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-25T12:08:31

Write below code in the AppController.php

public function beforeFilter() {
      $this->Auth->loginAction = array( 'controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'login', 'admin' => false );
      $this->Auth->logoutRedirect = array( 'controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'login', 'admin' => false );
      $this->Auth->loginRedirect = array( 'controller' => 'dashboard', 'action' => 'index', 'admin' => true );

}

login action in UsersController

if ( $this->request->is( 'post' ) ) {
    if ( $this->Auth->login() ) {
       $this->redirect($this->Auth->redirect());
   } else {
      $this->Session->setFlash(__('Your username or password was incorrect.'));
   }
 }

cakePHP - redirect after login

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