Question

i use cakephp and i want create login element .
this layout work as :
1- when i should login , that element should show this code:

echo $this->Form->create('User', array('action' => 'login'));
echo $this->Form->inputs(array(
    'legend' => __('Login', true),
    'username',
    'password'
));
echo $this->Form->end('Login');

2- when i logged and element should show my information such as username or email.
if i use view i can use $this->Auth but i can’t use this way , there is another way for elements , thanks.

Answer 1

You could get information of loggedin user from session in elements, like:

//check if user is logged in
if (!$this->Session->read('Auth.User.id')) {
  //show your login form here
}
else {
  //the user is loggedin
  //get the loggedin users's information from session
  $username = $this->Session->read('Auth.User.username');
  $email = $this->Session->read('Auth.User.email');
}

Did you mean something like that