Why a secret url? It could be just check if it's maintenance and if user is logged in. If not, redirect to login action.
If your login action is too secret: You also need an maintenance switch (which should be also in DB, if you're switching to maintenance by editing files then you can edit secret url also ;) ) so you have to have some Config/Setting model (or just implement/google one). Something like this: http://bakery.cakephp.org/articles/iamcam/2008/10/26/simply-storing-config-values-in-the-db or anyone that suits your needs. Your routes.php can have: Router::connect(Configure::read('Secret.url'), array('controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'secret_login')); - or - Router::connect(ClassRegistry::init('Config')->field('value', array('key' => 'secret_url')), array('controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'secret_login')); On Sep 5, 9:45 pm, Xoubaman <xouba...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm trying to implement a system to disable the site temporaly for > maintenance purposes or whatever. If the site is disabled, only logged users > can navigate through it, non-logged users are redirected to a "Site under > maintenance" layout. > > Currently (o "As of now"), my approach is to allow a "secret url" that will > lead to the login form, check in AppController::beforefilter if the current > url is the allowed one and, if it isn't, set the maintenance layout. Trying > to figure out how to allow only one url to log in, I came to define it as a > constant in bootstrap and add the route in config/routes pointing to > UsersController::login. > > It would be nice to save the secret url into the database and change it > without editing bootstrap.php, though. > > Any suggestion? -- Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php
