1. app model is fine... or make it a behavior.
On Nov 20, 12:24 pm, bingo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi bakers,
>
> I am trying to write a custom validation function that checks if a
> string is already hashed or not. I want to make sure that password
> filed are hashed and if not then hash them. Further, I can see it
> being useful in many other cases. Pertaining to custom validation, I
> have two questions
>
> 1. Where should I put validation function that are generic and not
> particular to any model. Is app_model is the right place ? I just
> don't want to put too many things in app_model and was thinking making
> another file that holds custom validation functions.
>
> 2. Can someone help me completing this function. I got the start but
> not being able to complete it
>
> /****
> * Checks if a string is already hashed
> * <b>Parameters</b>
> * String $string - input String
> * mixed $salt - either string or boolean
> * <b>Returns:</b>
> * boolean - true if string is hashed
> * - false if string is not hased
> */
> function isHashed($string, $salt = false)
> {
> //Check if salt value has to be used - copied from Security.php
> if ($salt)
> {
> if (is_string($salt)) {
> $string = $salt . $string;
> } else {
> $string = Configure::read('Security.salt') . $string;
> }
> }
>
> //Check if string is already hashed
> $security =& Security::getInstance();
> if($secuirty->hashType == 'md5')
> if(preg_match("/[A-Fa-f0-9]{32}/i", $string)) return true;
> return false;
>
> }
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