to the author of the article, i've been trying to get a comment on your article, but i think there's something wrong with bakery's comment system, so i'll just post it here:
1) There is a typo: First thing you may have noticed is the function beforeFilter(), when present this function is called before each controller action. So we'll use it to call our function __validateLogin() to ensure that an individual is properly logged in. should be __validateLoginStatus() instead of __validateLogin() 2) I see some security issues with your code (eg password and username are transmitted in cleartext, your code is prone to brute-force attacks,...), but then again, you mentioned this is aimed to give a basic understanding. Besides the "simple user authentication" on the cake manual has these same issues, but it is also meant to give some understanding, not for real-world apps, so i'm not complaining. I just want to make it clear to end confusion. 3) Learn the difference between authentication and access control. groups, permissions,.. don't have anything to do with authentication. hope i could help.. Dieter --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
