Accessing variable in child class from app_controller's beforeFilter

[brandags]

I'm setting a few variables in my UserController that I want to access
in my AppController (in the beforeFilter). But I'm getting this error:
Notice: Undefined property: PagesController::$accessExceptions in
C:\websites\klickfile.com\app\app_controller.php on line 67

I get the same error with the $this->category variable as well.

In the app_controller's beforeFilter, are the variables in the child
class not available yet? How can I access them? (If I can, this will be
a really slick way to do user-managed ACL).

class UsersController extends AppController
{
        var $uses = array('User');

        var $category = 'Users';  // The category this controller belongs to

        /**
         * Exceptions for access_rights other that view,index,add,edit,delete.
Maps the exceptions to one of the default access_rights
         */
        var $accessExceptions = array(
                'dashboard'=>'view',
                'login'=>'view',
                'email'=>'add',
        );
}

class AppController extends Controller {

        var $beforeFilter = array('_checkAccess');
        var $uses = array('UsergroupRight', 'AccessCategory');

        /**
         * Default actions (bit values)
         */
        var $defaults = array(
                'view'=>1,
                'index'=>2,
                'add'=>4,
                'edit'=>8,
                'delete'=>16
        );

        /**
         * Checks to see whether a usegroup has permission to perform the
requested
         * action on the requested controller.
         */
        function _checkAccess()
        {
                // Check for accessExceptions
                $checkAction = in_array($this->action, $this->defaults) ?
$this->action : $this->accessExceptions[$this->action];

                $hasAccess =
$this->UsergroupRight->find(array('AccessCatetegory.name'=>$this->category,
'UsergroupRight.usergroup_id'=>$this->Session->read('usergroup_id'),
'UsergroupRight.access_rights_value & '.$checkAction.' > 0'));
                
                echo 'hasAccess?: '.$hasAccess;
                exit();
        }
}


--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake 
PHP" group.
To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php
-~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---