CakePHP Auth->identify() returning false

Question

I'm playing around with CakePHP and can't seem to get the login working. It seems that $this->Auth->identify() is constantly returning false and not allowing me to login.

I've read all previous posts regarding my issue, however, none have provided me with a solution. The users I am trying to log in as have all been created using the cake password hasher, which I have checked have been stored in the database. I have checked the password field length in the database, which is set to varchar (255), I've checked the Auth => authenticate => Form => fields are set to the correct values (the login.ctp fields are also correct). I also tried changing the $this->Form->control() to $this->Form->input() as someone suggested, with no luck.

AppController:

 $this->loadComponent('Auth', [
            'loginRedirect' => [
                'controller' => 'Users',
                'action' => 'classes'
            ],
            'logoutRedirect' => [
                'controller' => 'Users',
                'action' => 'index'
            ]
  ]);
$this->loadComponent('Auth', [
                'authenticate' => [
                    'Form' => [
                        'fields' => [
                            'username' => 'email',
                            'password' => 'password'
                        ]
                    ]
                ],
                'loginAction' => [
                    'controller' => 'Users',
                    'action' => 'login'
                ]
        ]);

login() function in UsersController:

public function login()
    {
        if ($this->request->is('post')) {
            $user = $this->Auth->identify();
            pj($user);
            if ($user) {
                $this->Auth->setUser($user);
                return $this->redirect(['controller' => 'users']);
            }
            $this->Flash->error(__('Invalid username or password, try again'));
        }
    }

login.ctp:

<div class="users form">
<?= $this->Form->create() ?>
    <fieldset>
        <legend><?= __('Please enter your username and password') ?></legend>
        <?= $this->Form->input('email') ?>
        <?= $this->Form->input('password') ?>
    </fieldset>
<?= $this->Form->button(__('Login')); ?>
<?= $this->Form->end() ?>
</div>

EDIT: I forgot to add that I can successfully add users, I just can't log them in.

Debug the sourcecode to figure out where exactly the authentication flow bails out, that should give you an idea what might be the problem. — ndm
what is the length of your PASSWORD column in the database? — Oerd

Christian Christian · Accepted Answer · 2019-06-06T10:47:46

You are loading the AuthComponent twice in AppController. The second load with the config for form fields is not loaded.

Load the component one time with the wanted config.

$this->loadComponent('Auth', [
    'authenticate' => [
        'Form' => [
            'fields' => [
                'username' => 'email',
                'password' => 'password'
            ]
        ]
    ],
    'loginRedirect' => [
        'controller' => 'Users',
        'action' => 'classes'
    ],
    'logoutRedirect' => [
        'controller' => 'Users',
        'action' => 'index'
    ],
    'loginAction' => [
        'controller' => 'Users',
        'action' => 'login'
    ]
]);

CakePHP Auth->identify() returning false

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