Hi, I guess no one has any responses to my questions thus far. I have what I think is an easier question:
How do I change the Cake session id to something of my choice? Basically, I want to put in a check on every page load to see if the forums session id has been created and if so, set the cake PHP session id to that, so that both applications use the same session ID's. Any insults to my intelligence are also welcome, although I would prefer them to be subtle. - Sohum. On Aug 4, 7:29 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Okay, I figured that I will have to make them use the same session in > the case that the browser has disabled cookies. For example, when I > tested my site on IE6 with default settings, it was seemingly unable > to detect the SMF cookie. > > So it seems that I will have to somehow synchronize between the > sessions--i.e. not create a forum session if there's already a cakephp > session and vica versa (unless there's a better way to do it? i.e. > overwrite the cakephp session once the forum session has been > created?). I think the SMF session_id is stored in the SMF cookie so > would the solution be checking if that cookie is set and if so, > rewriting the session id using session_id($smfid)? Also, if this is > indeed the solution, would I basically have to be editing the > functions in cake/cake/libs/session.php? > > Thanks again- > > Sohum. > > On Aug 4, 7:12 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > Any suggestions on fixing the cookie/session issues? I've managed to > > have Cake discover when someone is logged in/out in SMF but I was > > wondering if I should force them to use the same session and if I > > should, how I should go about doing something like that. > > > - Sohum. > > > On Aug 3, 5:51 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > Hi again, > > > > Okay, so I finally experimented enough and got cookie sharing working. > > > However, since CakePHP rewrites the cookie every time a page is > > > loaded, if I login to SMF, go to the cake section and then go back to > > > SMF, I have to login again. I figure I need to direct Cake to use > > > SMF's cookie data (or vica versa--but SMF's cookie data is much more > > > complex), right? > > > > Also, both Cake and SMF create their own session id's. Although I > > > could survive by using the SMF cookie for everything (and hence > > > getting the SMF session id from there) and ignoring the Cake cookie > > > completely, I was wondering if there was a compelling reason to make > > > them use the same session. > > > > Thanks, > > > > -Sohum. > > > > On Aug 3, 5:03 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > Okay, that makes sense. I will go ahead and do this but I have another > > > > question which I may need to address. > > > > > The data stored in the two cookies are different. It seems CakePHP > > > > stores the session ID (right?) whereas SMF stores the session ID in > > > > some sort of scrambled format. Would it matter which application > > > > created the cookie first? Does CakePHP ever overwrite cookies or would > > > > the setcookie call from SMF be sufficient to overwrite the initial > > > > cookie created by Cake? > > > > > -Sohum. > > > > > On Aug 3, 4:40 pm, "Geoff Ford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Ok that sheds some light - the two cookies will have different paths > > > > > associated with them. > > > > > > Correct me if I am wrong but you are using smf to log a user in. This > > > > > creates a cookie with the path /forum associated with it. When you > > > > > go to / > > > > > or /controller Cake cannot access the cookie because it is outside > > > > > the path. > > > > > > You need to find where in smf the cookie is being set and either > > > > > change or > > > > > add a path to the setcookie() call so that the path is set as the > > > > > root level > > > > > path. This will make the cookie available to the entire domain > > > > > including > > > > > all the cake controller/action paths. > > > > > > Fromhttp://php.net/setcookie > > > > > *path* > > > > > > The path on the server in which the cookie will be available on. If > > > > > set to > > > > > '/', the cookie will be available within the entire *domain*. If set > > > > > to > > > > > '/foo/', the cookie will only be available within the /foo/ directory > > > > > and > > > > > all sub-directories such as /foo/bar/ of *domain*. The default value > > > > > is the > > > > > current directory that the cookie is being set in. > > > > > Geoff > > > > > > On 8/3/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Also, not sure if this will help, but browsing to the forum creates > > > > > > a > > > > > > new cookie by the same name as CakePHP (since I changed CakePHP's > > > > > > session name to be the same as SMF). I verify this using web > > > > > > developer > > > > > > toolbar's cookie information tool. There are two cookies, both by > > > > > > the > > > > > > name SMFCookie655, both containing different information. > > > > > > > - Sohum. > > > > > > > On Aug 3, 3:11 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Geoff, > > > > > > > > First of all, thanks for your response. > > > > > > > > Now, the SSI.php file that SMF provides for includes has defined a > > > > > > > bunch of functions that have the prefix ssi. For example, the > > > > > > > function > > > > > > > ssi_welcome() prints out a welcome message (Welcome back > > > > > > > username, you > > > > > > > have x messages) or a login message (Welcome guest. Please login > > > > > > > or > > > > > > > register) depending on the session information. There is also a > > > > > > > provided ssi_examples.php file that shows the output of all these > > > > > > > functions. > > > > > > > > Now when I'm logged out, of course everything works. The user is > > > > > > > logged out and all the functions behave like that. When I then > > > > > > > login > > > > > > > to SMF, the ssi_examples.php functions all update, but the same > > > > > > > function calls in my layouts, it still treats the user as not > > > > > > > logged > > > > > > > in. Printing out the SMF contextual data confirms this--CakePHP > > > > > > > doesn't "update" the session data it seems. > > > > > > > > I have included the "SSI.php" in my layout file. Perhaps I should > > > > > > > include this somewhere else? Although that doesn't seem like the > > > > > > > solution. > > > > > > > > - Sohum. > > > > > > > > On Aug 3, 10:38 am, Geoff Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > What are the ssi calls - From my understanding Cake shouldn't > > > > > > > > need to > > > > > > > > use these. Cake will just add its own keys to the existing > > > > > > > > session (I > > > > > > > > think). > > > > > > > > > The only trouble you might have is if cake and smf use the same > > > > > > > > key > > > > > > > > and one overwrites the other all the time (not sure that this > > > > > > > > will > > > > > > > > happen, just that it could) > > > > > > > > > Geoff > > > > > > > > --http://lemoncake.wordpress.com > > > > > > > > > On Aug 3, 12:30 am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > I checked out the two threads regarding integration of Simple > > > > > > Machines > > > > > > > > > Forum (SMF) and CakePHP but was unable to get far. I posted > > > > > > something > > > > > > > > > in one of those threads, but it seems to have gotten lost. So > > > > > > anyways, > > > > > > > > > here's my post: > > > > > > > > > > I have come across a little bit of trouble while using the > > > > > > > > > SMF API. > > > > > > > > > > Even when I do > > > > > > > > > > <?php > > > > > > > > > require_once("forums/SSI.php"); > > > > > > > > > // ssi_* calls > > > > > > > > > ?> > > > > > > > > > > I am unable to get access to the SMF session data. I'm sure > > > > > > > > > I'm > > > > > > doing > > > > > > > > > something stupid seeing that I'm not really knowledgeable at > > > > > > > > > all > > > > > > when > > > > > > > > > it comes to PHP sessions, so here's what I did, so anyone can > > > > > > > > > figure > > > > > > > > > out: > > > > > > > > > > 1. I installed CakePHP as it comes out of the box. > > > > > > > > > 2. I installed SMF to the same database as CakePHP under > > > > > > > > > webroot/ > > > > > > > > > forums > > > > > > > > > 3. I included the above require call in my default.thtml. > > > > > > > > > 4. I set CAKE_SESSION_COOKIE to SMFCookie655 (which is what > > > > > > > > > it is > > > > > > for > > > > > > > > > SMF) and changed management to database. > > > > > > > > > 5. I changed CAKE_SESSION_TABLE to forums_sessions, which is > > > > > > > > > where > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > SMF session are kept. > > > > > > > > > 6. I added the "expires" field to the forums_sessions table. > > > > > > > > > 7. I made minor modifications to lib/sessions.php to make > > > > > > > > > sure that > > > > > > > > > _read, _write, etc. worked correctly (SMF stores session id > > > > > > > > > in a > > > > > > > > > session_id field, whereas Cake stores it in id) > > > > > > > > > > When I viewhttp://path/to/forums/ssi_examples.php, all the > > > > > > > > > data is > > > > > > > > > populated correctly. However, when I call any function from > > > > > > > > > within > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > Cake layout, the data is blank. > > > > > > > > > > It seems to me that in Cake's call to the SSI functions, it > > > > > > > > > attempts > > > > > > > > > to populate data using the information from the Cake session. > > > > > > > > > Regardless of the way everything is set-up, it seems Cake > > > > > > > > > creates > > > > > > it's > > > > > > > > > own cookie and SMF creates it's own cookie. Should it do this? > > > > > > > > > > Any help will be appreciated. :D > > > > > > > > > > - Sohum. > > > > > > --http://lemoncake.wordpress.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" group. 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