Why not use the session helper in the default.ctp ?
if($session->check('Auth.User.id'))
echo "User is logged";
else
echo "Not logged" ..
On Sep 10, 7:38 pm, cricket <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 11:23 AM, Chuck <[email protected]> wrote:
> > OK, after assistance from the group with setting up Auth, I'm not
> > trying to test if a user is logged in or not. Before testing this, the
> > behavior of the system is as follows.
>
> > 1. The login form appears at the top of every page except the users/
> > login page.
> > 2. If I attempt to login with incorrect credentials, the form takes me
> > to users/login with an error message.
> > 3. If I login with valid credentials, the form forwards me to pages/
> > home..
>
> > Given the above, it appears the login is working, so the next step is
> > to figure out if the user is logged in or not, so I added the
> > following to AppController:
>
> > if ( $this->Auth->user() ) {
> > $this->set( 'loggedin', 'the user is logged in' );
> > } else {
> > $this->set( 'loggedin', 'the user is not logged in' );
> > }
>
> > Then in the default.ctp file, just above the login form, I placed the
> > following:
>
> > echo $loggedin;
>
> > No matter whether I use valid or invalid credentials, this always come
> > back, "the user is not logged in".`
>
> > Where is my mistake?
>
> > Thanks,
> > Chuck
>
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