type <?php pr($_SESSION) ?> in your view and look for something called
Config.rand. This sets a unique random identifier in the form of a
number, which you can use as a reference in your database. You can
access it by typing <?php $var = $this->Session->read('Config.rand'); ?
> in your controller.
On Aug 5, 5:19 pm, phpcurious <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am also planning to enable HTTPS in the login form in the future...
> just for security sake... but, making the user session login system
> must work for now...
> thanks all for the advice, guyz!
>
> On Aug 6, 1:07 am, Vaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > The way I did it was to save an indicator in the (web tier) Session
> > object. Most common I have seen is to save the id for that user. Aka:
> > if successful login
> > $this->Session->write('uid', $userid)
> > where userid is the id for the user.
>
> > The controller should be designed such that if there is a valid
> > Session object [$this->Session->valid() ] but there is no uid in the
> > Session object, then user is not logged in and forward the user to the
> > login function.
>
> > On logout, make sure to destroy session [ $this->Session->destroy() ]
> > or remove the uid if the user is still allowed to access other areas
> > of the site without being authenticated.
>
> > The parameters that defines how long a session is considered to be
> > active is different to the CAKE_SESSION_SAVE.
>
> > On Aug 5, 4:40 am, phpcurious <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > Hi,
>
> > > I am getting frustrated with the session component in cakephp
> > > 1.1.xxx .
> > > I already configured core.php to define('CAKE_SESSION_SAVE',
> > > 'database');
>
> > > but how do i retrieve current session to check if current session is
> > > still active ?
> > > by using $this->cake_session->findAll($id) ? how do i get the $id?
>
> > > if you have alternatives that you can tell me, I would be very glad to
> > > know.
> > > please help...
>
> > > thanks in advance!
> > > ;p
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