Look at the autoRedirect property of the Auth component. It allows you to perform logic after login but before redirect - perfect for what you need.
http://book.cakephp.org/view/1265/AuthComponent-Variables#autoRedirect-1274 Jeremy Burns Class Outfit http://www.classoutfit.com On 9 Dec 2011, at 18:20:22, RhythmicDevil wrote: > Hi, > I have Users and Groups. When a user logs in I want the group name to > be part of the record that is stored in Session. Currently I get this: > > array ( > 'id' => '4', > 'username' => 'swright', > 'group_id' => '4', > 'created' => '2011-12-05 11:36:30', > 'modified' => '2011-12-05 11:36:30', > ) > > What I want is this: > > array ( > 'id' => '4', > 'username' => 'swright', > 'group_id' => '4', > 'group' => 'administrators', > 'created' => '2011-12-05 11:36:30', > 'modified' => '2011-12-05 11:36:30', > ) > > > I figured I could just fetch the group name in the login method after > the user is logged in. However my login method never gets called when > I submit the data. But the user is logged in and redirected to the > appropriate controller/action. The method is called when the login > page is first requested but upon submission of the form it does not > seem to get called again. > > So I poked around the Auth component but the login function does not > contain and sort of redirect that I could see. I am using Acl and Auth > so this probably has something to do with it. > > Can you explain the execution chain for logging in a user when using > Acl and Auth? > > I think there's probably also a way to do it automatically by defining > something in the User model but I am not sure. > > Thanks. > > -- > 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 -- 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
