I would check what data is in your $this->data before you do the find.
I see in your select that the 'email' field came across but is there
appropriate data in your password field.

Beyond that is there any reason your not using the Auth component?
if ($this->Auth->login($this->data))

On Jun 20, 4:20 am, Tomfox Wiranata <[email protected]> wrote:
> hi,
>
> i have a problem. i am saving the users password at registration as
> md5.
> when the user is trying a login, i check if the entered username and
> password is  equal to the entry in the database. for that, i have to
> convert the entered password into md5, to make it comparable:
>
> thats the code to find the user in my controller class
>
> [CODE]
> $user = $this->User->find(array('email' => $this->data['User']
> ['email'], 'password' => md5($this->data['User']['password'])),
> array('id', 'email'));
>             if(empty($user) == false)
> [/CODE]
>
> now if print the query to check what it looks like, one thing is odd.
> no matter what password i enter it is ALWAYS(!) the same md5 key:
>
> [CODE]
> SELECT `User`.`id`, `User`.`email` FROM `users` AS `User` WHERE
> `email` = '[email protected]' AND `password` =
> 'd41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' LIMIT 1
> [/CODE]
>
>  no wonder i get no results and the variable "$user" is empty...i get
> "d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e" everytime..
>
> thats a mystery....does somebody know the answer? i'd be soooo happy
>
> many many thanks
>
> btw: thats my view
>
> [CODE]
> <div class="">
> <h2>Login</h2>
>     <?php echo $form->create('User', array('action' => 'login'));?>
>         <?php echo $form->input('email');?>
>         <?php echo $form->input('password');?>
>         <?php echo $form->submit('Login');?>
>     <?php echo $form->end(); ?>
> </div> [/CODE]

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