I'm building a system which has 4 types of user: Admin, Buyer, Supplier and Technician. They each have access to different areas of the site, and have different restrictions placed on what they can see. From what I've read in the book, the Acl component seems to be the best way to manage this, but having read all the sections on it several times, I'm still a bit confused, so before I launch into it, I'd like to make sure I'm heading in the right direction!
Mainly, I'm not sure how to structure the database. From the CakePHP book, it seems like I should have 4 models, one for each user type - is that correct? Do I then need a User record for each person, which links to their corresponding record in the appropriate model? Otherwise, how does Authentication work - it needs you to be working with a 'User', right? So I'm thinking I need to build the following structure: Users - with username and password for everyone who can log in Buyers - individual buyer record, including user_id to link back to User record Suppliers - individual supplier record, including user_id Admins - as above Technicians - as above And when a user is added, do I create their User and Buyer/Supplier/Admin/Technician record and then add them to the Acl? It seems quite complex for what I'm doing, as I will have the same access levels for all Buyers, the same for all Suppliers etc., but the book seems to be saying that each person will then have a User record, a Buyer/Supplier etc record, and an Aro record. Am I doing the right thing here? Thanks! -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
