Question

We’ve decided to use CakePHP for a login system and frontend database UI because of all the automagic when adhering to its strict conventions, I know Codeigniter and with CI you can extend the system controller in system/core/Controller.php to handle authentication

class AdminController extends CI_Controller {

    protected $user;

    public function __construct() {

        parent::__construct();

        $this->load->model('AdminModel');

        $this->user = $this->AdminModel->user()->row();
        $data->user = $this->user;
        $this->load->vars($data);
    }
}

Then by extending it as an application controller, $user becomes available globally and the AdminController already extends CI_Controller.

class Admin extends AdminController {

    public function __construct() {

        parent::__construct();

    }

    function index(){

        //$user is global since it's extending AdminController

        $this->data['user'] = $user->someItem;

        //load view etc..

    }
}

I’m not sure if this is the correct approach with CakePHP, is there a general consensus/best practice for scallable login systems that impliment automagic?

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

You can just use AuthComponent::user() where ever you need the details, or AuthComponent::user('id') where you need a specific field.