Hi Damien,
In my solution i do the following;
1. When the user logs in i set a session variable in my user
controller/login action:
if(($user = $this->User->validateLogin($this->data['User']))
== true){
...
$this->Session->write('User', $user);
...
}
2. Within an element i write:
$User = $session->read('User');
and then do with $User whatever i need.
Hope this will help.
Regards.
On Apr 26, 12:34 am, Damien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Now I'm stopping to think about this a bit more, I've got another
> question related to this...
>
> How do you actually check to see whether the user is logged in? I was
> thinking of setting something to identify the user as logged in for
> that visitor's session (e.g. their user_id) - but so far as I
> understand, you can only use $this->Session->read() in a controller?
> So how can I read the session data from an element?
>
> On Apr 25, 10:16 pm, rtconner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I've used Elements in my layouts frequently. There is no reason not to
> > do it. $this->renderElement(...);
> > Yes, you can put logic into your layout. Best practices depends on
> > your system. If you want to redirect them elsewhere, if they are not
> > logged in I'd think you want to do that in a controller or componant.
> > If really depends on the auth system you are using.
>
> > I have some simple logic in my layouts that look kind of like this
> > (psuedo code)
>
> > if(user->is_logged_in)
> > print username
> > else
> > print <a href="login">Log In</a>
>
> > On Apr 25, 2:47 pm, Damien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > Hi,
>
> > > I'm quite new to working with Cake and I'm pretty sure that I'm asking
> > > something obvious - so I'm sorry for that in advance. In my defence,
> > > I've tried checking the manual, API, searching on here etc. and
> > > haven't found the answer to my question (or maybe not understood the
> > > answer to my question!).
>
> > > I'm going to have a login box on every page of my site which will form
> > > part of the site header / mast head.
>
> > > If the user is not logged in it will display the login box, and if
> > > they are it'll display some member-only type functions (e.g. edit
> > > profile, logout etc.).
>
> > > I'm not quite sure how to go about that in Cake - in terms of where to
> > > define my various pieces of code. Obviously the login processing stuff
> > > belongs in a user controller, but other than that?
>
> > > I'm thinking that my login box is what Cake terms an 'element' - I've
> > > only come across these used in views; can they also be used in a
> > > layout (is there are significant difference between layouts and
> > > views)?
>
> > > Assuming that's right, where do I check to see if the user is logged
> > > in or out - is it "appropriate" (i.e. best practice) to put that logic
> > > in the layout? That seems to make sense to me since it's only deciding
> > > which display element to use?
>
> > > Thanks in advance for putting up with my questions.
>
> > > Damien
--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~
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
-~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
