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Asked: 2026-05-28T07:05:06+00:00

I want the AuthComponent to use encrypted client-side cookies for easier scalability. So what

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I want the AuthComponent to use encrypted client-side cookies for easier scalability.

So what I did was copy /lib/Cake/Controller/Component/AuthComponent.php to app/Controller/Component/AuthComponent.php (I’m using CakePHP2), added Cookie to the
$components array, and replaced all instances of CakeSession with $this->Cookie (manually after proof-reading) making sure it was essentially just dumping things in the same format as default except on Cookies.

Here is the error I get: Fatal error: Using $this when not in object context in ...

Why is it not picking up $this as a Controller? I should be able to use one Component in another seamlessly. Is there any quick-hack to this using ClassRegistry or something?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I want the AuthComponent to use encrypted client-side cookies for easier scalability.

    What is this supposed to mean? How exactly do cookies scale better than sessions?

    What you’re doing sounds like a bad idea. Cookies can only be so big, and you might now be storing sensitive information in plaintext on clients’ computers. How are you ‘encrypting’ your cookies?

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