I'm using a component called SimpleAuth and SimpleAcl (instead of the
standard Auth and Acl ones because they are too complicated for my
small project).
SimpleAuth features a getActiveUser() method which returns the
currently logged in user. This method calls $this->Controller, which
is only available when the component's startup(...) method was called
from CakePHP.
In my view I'd like to have a $user object contains all the user's
data and which can also handle stuff like $user->isAllowedTo(...) or
$user->isGuest(). I have created some UserProxy class for this:
class UserProxy {
var $auth;
var $acl;
var $guestId = 1;
function __construct($auth, $acl) {
$this->auth = $auth;
$this->acl = $acl;
$this->user = $this->auth->getActiveUser(); // This line will be important!
}
function name() {
return $this->user['User']['name'];
}
function isGuest() {
return $this->user['User']['id'] == $this->guestId;
}
}
To automatically have this $user object available in my views, I want
to set it in a beforeFilter().
function _prepareUser() {
$this->user = new UserProxy($this->SimpleAuth, $this->SimpleAcl);
$this->set('user', $this->user);
}
This requires the SimpleAuth and SimpleAcl components to already be
initalized, because in $this->auth->getActiveUser() in the constructor
of UserProxy the SimpleAuth components needs access to the controller
and the session:
function getActiveUser() {
if ($activeUserId=$this->Controller->Session->read($this->userModel.'.id'))
{
...
}
...
}
And because the startup() method doesn't seem to be called at this
time already, I get the following error:
Warning: Trying to get property of non-object
[APP/controllers/components/simple_auth.php, line 120]
SimpleAuthComponent::getActiveUser() -
APP/controllers/components/simple_auth.php, line 120
UserProxy::__construct() - APP/controllers/app_controller.php, line 10
AppController::_prepareUser() - APP/controllers/app_controller.php, line 37
AppController::beforeFilter() - APP/controllers/app_controller.php, line 28
Controller::startupProcess() -
CORE/cake/libs/controller/controller.php, line 526
Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/cake/dispatcher.php, line 187
Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/cake/dispatcher.php, line 171
[main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 83
Fatal error: Call to a member function read() on a non-object in
/Users/josh/Sites/working_tests/checking_out_simple_auth_and_simple_acl/app/controllers/components/simple_auth.php
on line 120
So I need a filter that's called before the components are initialized
(that's the beforeFilter()) and a filter that's called after the
initialization of the components but before the controller and view
codes are processed.
So @Miles: no, the beforeFilter() can't be executed after the
components' initialization, because often we set component-specific
parameters in the beforeFilter, like
function beforeFilter() {
$this->Security->blackHoleCallback = '_blackHole';
parent::beforeFilter();
}
Anyone got an idea on how to accomplish this? IMHO there should be a
beforeComponents() and an afterComponents() filter...
On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 8:43 PM, Miles J <[email protected]> wrote:
> Also forgot to mention that there is an afterFilter() as well.
>
> On Nov 11, 10:30 am, Miles J <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Components are initialized before they get to beforeFilter(), so
>> beforeFilter() should work fine.
>>
>> https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/blob/master/cake/libs/controller/c...
>>
>> On Nov 11, 9:24 am, Bogdan Bursuc <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> > Why do you need one ?
>>
>> > On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 7:18 PM, psybear83 <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > > Hi all
>>
>> > > Is there a filter that runs after the initialization of components but
>> > > before beforeRender?
>>
>> > > Thanks for help
>> > > Josh
>>
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