It's ok to design a model that expects User data but you should pass it to the model from the controller.
What's TDD? On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 9:38 PM, Tony Messias <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, I believe it's possible to get the authenticated user from anywhere > using the AuthComponent::user() static method (cake 2.x). I tried it here, > and it worked.. but I couldn't test it using TDD, I found it veeery hard.. > Could anyone help? How can I test a model that depends on a logged user? Is > it right (this kind of dependency)? > > > -- > > Luiz Antonio S Messias > Desenvolvedor Web > > @tonyzrp > LinkedIn > > > On 1 February 2013 19:46, Andrew Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I've got the same issue on a project I'm working on. Any solutions you >> came up with Dylan? >> >> >> On Monday, August 6, 2012 4:02:15 PM UTC-6, Dylan Jennings wrote: >>> >>> Hello >>> >>> I'm currently building a SaaS application using cakePHP. I've worked with >>> cakePHP before a few times and I'm comfortable with how it all works. >>> >>> So, I have an `accounts` table which holds information about each tenant, >>> and then a `users` table aswell, which will contain the users for each >>> account/tenant. New users will initially be added through a basic plain PHP >>> or WordPress front-end, so there won't be the need to create new `accounts` >>> through the cakePHP side of the app. >>> >>> Just to be clear, each tenant will be on a subdomain of the main domain. >>> For example, http://dylan.mycakeapp.dev/ could be a tenant. The front-end >>> site will be held in the root of the site, http://mycakeapp.dev/. When new >>> users sign up on the front-end site, their `accounts` record and a single >>> `users` record will be created, they will get redirected to their subdomain, >>> and the cakePHP app will take it from there. >>> >>> So here's the problem. I want all tenants to share the same database, >>> separated by an 'account_id' which will be in all tables. I'm not 100% on >>> this, but I think the correct approach is to use the 'beforeSave', >>> 'beforeDelete' and 'beforeFind' callbacks in the model, and simply add the >>> `account_id` as a query condition. The problem comes when I'm trying to >>> detect which tenant to use, because I can't use the database within the >>> model. >>> >>> Does anyone have any experience with SaaS/multi-tenancy apps in cakePHP, >>> and can help? Thanks in advance. >>> >>> Cheers >> >> -- >> Like Us on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/CakePHP >> Find us on Twitter http://twitter.com/CakePHP >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "CakePHP" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > > -- > Like Us on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/CakePHP > Find us on Twitter http://twitter.com/CakePHP > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CakePHP" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- Like Us on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/CakePHP Find us on Twitter http://twitter.com/CakePHP --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
