Question

On CakePHP 2.2 using AuthComponent, what is the best way to redirect a user from ‘/’ to ‘/users’ if they are already authenticated? All of my searches have just turned up information about the AuthComponent’s loginRedirect and related. I read a post detailing changing the Routes (in 1.x), but I wasn’t sure if this was still the best way. I could also insert

if($path[0] == 'home' && $this->Session->check('Auth.User')){
    $this->redirect('/users/');
}

in PageController::display(), but again, not sure if this is the most desirable method

The index page for this application will simply be a page asking the user to sign up or log in, so it is of little importance to members already logged in.

Edit:
After revisiting the beforeFilter() method, I came up with

public function beforeFilter() {
    $this->Auth->allow('*');

    if($this->request->params['pass'][0] == 'home' && $this->Session->check('Auth.User'))
        $this->redirect('/users');
}

but this seems really static.

Answer 1

Proper way is to redirect user from the controller’s beforeFilter method. Redirecting from .ctp file is not good.

// In PagesController.cpp

beforeFilter() {
  if($path[0] == 'home' && $this->Session->check('Auth.User')){
      $this->redirect('/users/');
  }
}

Some sort of similar:
CakePHP Auth component redirect issue