Question

i am using Cakephp1.3 and i am trying to set value in app_controller.php under beforeFilter Function here is my Code.

function beforeFilter() {

  $sess =  $this->Session->read();

  if(isset($sess['Auth']['User'])) {
  $checkLogin = 1; 
  }
  else { $checkLogin=0; }

  $this->set('checkLogin',$checkLogin);

  //$this->Auth->authorize = 'actions';        
  $this->Auth->loginAction = array('controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'login');        
  $this->Auth->loginRedirect = array('controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'index');
  $this->Auth->logoutRedirect = array('controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'login');        
 }

Now i want to Access Checklogin value in user_controller.php

i tried this

function beforeFilter() {
    parent::beforeFilter();
     echo $checkLogin; exit;
    $this->Auth->allow(array('users' => 'login'));
    $this->Auth->authorize = 'controller';

     } 

i got this error

undefined variable::checklogin()

Please tell me solution for this

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

You cannot access checkLogin unless you make it a global variable.Check variable scope
in PHP.