I have been trying to get cakephp 2.6.3 auth component for my site to work for a week now.
The problem am facing is that when ever I enter any bogus user ID/password combination, the login function returns true. i have read all is there to read and watched tutorials but I can't seem to get this to work.
I am new to using Cake, your help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Below is my appController.
class AppController extends Controller {
public $components = array(
'DebugKit.Toolbar',
'Session',
'Auth' => array(
'loginAction' => array('controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'login'),
'loginRedirect' => array('controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'index'),
'logoutRedirect' => array('controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'login'),
'Authenticate' => array(
'Form' => array(
'fields' => array('username' => 'student_id', 'password' => 'password')
)
)
)
);
public function isAuthorized($user){
return true;
}
public function beforeFilter(){
$this->Auth->allow('login');
}
}
UsersController:
public function login(){
if($this->request->is('post')){
if($this->Auth->login()){
$this->redirect($this->Auth->redirectUrl());
}
else{
$this->Session->setFlash('Invalid User ID or password');
}
}
}
User's model:
class User extends AppModel{
public $name = 'User';
public $validate = array(
'student_id' => array(
'Please enter your User ID' => array(
'rule' => 'notEmpty',
'message' => 'Please enter your User ID.'
)
),
'first_name' => array(
'Enter First Name' => array(
'rule' => 'notEmpty',
'Message' => 'Please enter first name.')),
'last_name' => array(
'Enter Last Name' => array(
'rule' => 'notEmpty',
'Message' => 'Please enter last name.')),
'email' => array(
'Valid email' => array(
'rule' => array ('email'),
'Message' => 'Please enter a valid email.')),
'password' => array(
'Not empty' => array(
'rule' => 'notEmpty',
'Message' => 'Please enter your password.'),
'Match passwords' => array(
'rule' => 'matchPasswords',
'Message' => 'Your passwords donot match')),
'password_confirmation' => array(
'Not empty' => array(
'rule' => 'notEmpty',
'Message' => 'Please confirm your password.'))
);
public function matchPasswords($data){
if($data['password'] == $this->data['User']['password_confirmation']){
return true;
}
$this->invalidate('password_confirmation', 'Your passwords do not match');
return false;
}
public function beforeSave($options = array()){
if(isset($this->data['User']['password'])){
$this->data['User']['password'] = AuthComponent::password($this->data['User']['password']);
}
return true;
}
}
