Question

Does someone here know how to change the username before the Auth component reads the database?

The problem im having is im using mobile numbers as a login but i want to add the country code (if not present) when loggin in to my site

Any one have an idea on this?

Would be appreciated

Answer 1

you could always extend the Auth component and do whathever you want before the asking the database 🙂

Something like this…

function login($data = null,$public = false) {
    $this->__setDefaults();
    $this->_loggedIn = false;

    if (empty($data)) {
        $data = $this->data;
    }

    if (/** query the database to check/modify the data. You could use the identify() method of the AuthComponent **/) {
        $this->Session->write($this->sessionKey, $user);
        $this->_loggedIn = true;
    }
    return $this->_loggedIn;
}

If you extend the auth component, remember to always use this component instead of the default Auth class. (e.g. in the AppController, the build_acl, the initdb, the beforefilter on the controllers, etc.)

Hope this helps