Don't do a redirect; place this in your app_controller beforeFilter: $this->Auth->autoRedirect = false;
Then add the code in your users->login method to populate the Auth.User session key and then redirect accordingly. Jeremy Burns Class Outfit http://www.classoutfit.com On 9 Dec 2011, at 18:44:50, RhythmicDevil wrote: > 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 -- 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
