Question

I have a CakePHP project where I modified “app/config/routes.php” so that the root points to the “Users” controller’s “dashboard” action. In other words, these two URLs go to the same place:

http://example.com/

http://example.com/users/dashboard

I have the “Auth” component set up in my “App” controller like so:

class AppController extends Controller {
    var $components = array('Auth', 'Session');

    function beforeFilter() {
        $this->Auth->authorize = 'controller';
        $this->Auth->loginRedirect = array('controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'dashboard');

        if ($this->Auth->user()) {
            $this->set('logged_in', true);
        }
        else {
            $this->set('logged_in', false);
        }
    }
}

I want it so that if a non-authenticated user goes straight to http://example.com/users/dashboard , they are taken to the login page with the “Auth” component’s “authError” message showing, but if they go to http://example.com/ , they are taken to the login page without the “Auth” component’s “authError” message showing. Is this possible?

Answer 1

I resolved this by putting the following code in my “Users” controller’s “login” action:

if ($this->Session->read('Auth.redirect') == $this->webroot && $this->Session->read('Message.auth.message') == $this->Auth->authError) {
    $this->Session->delete('Message.auth');
}