Ok thats fair enough. I can do a redirect, get the Group and then redirect to the final destination. Actually that allows me to also get a default path per group too.
thanks On Dec 9, 1:39 pm, Jeremy Burns | Class Outfit <jeremybu...@classoutfit.com> wrote: > 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#autoRedirec... > > 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 > > Tutorialshttp://tv.cakephp.org > > Check out the new CakePHP Questions sitehttp://ask.cakephp.organd 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 > > athttp://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
