Question

I cannot login using email in CakePHP 2.1, when i try with username then its working perfectly good.

Below is the code

View : login.ctp

<?php
    echo $this->Form->create();
    echo $this->Form->input('email');
    //echo $this->Form->input('username');
    echo $this->Form->input('password');
    echo $this->Form->end('Login');
?>

Controller : UsersController.php

<?php
    public function login(){
        if ($this->request->is('post')){
            if ($this->Auth->login()){
                $this->redirect($this->Auth->redirect());
            } else {
                $this->Session->setFlash(__('Invalid email and password'));
            }
        }
    }
?>      

Model : User.php

<?php
App::uses('AuthComponent', 'Controller/Component');

class User extends AppModel {
    public function beforeSave(){
        if (isset($this->data[$this->alias]['password'])){
            $this->data[$this->alias]['password'] = AuthComponent::password($this->data[$this->alias]['password']);
        }
        return true;
    }
}
?>  

Database Structure : users table

id Auto_Increment
username
email
password
role

I dont know, why it is not accepting any email id for login but for username its working good.

Answer 1

Read this section of the CakePHP book.

Here is the example from that section, you’ll need to configure the form authentication to use a different field for the username.

public $components = array(
    'Auth' => array(
        'authenticate' => array(
            'Form' => array(
                'fields' => array('username' => 'email')
            )
        )
    )
);