Thanks for the replies. I guess my question is still unclear, and yes, I am
using Auth. What I am trying to do is implement a URL similar to facebook.
For example, I want to have
www.xyz.com/Bob/{actions} (routes to UserController)
www.xyz.com/BobsStore/{actions} (routes to ShopsController).
I could route all the usernames to my UsersController and then use an IF to
redirect to the appropriate controller, but then I would lose the "
www.xyz.com/Username/action" url syntax, right? Maybe using requestAction?
I did find an old cake thread regarding what I want to achieve. But this is
probably not recommended to do. I am not sure if there is a more elegant
way...
http://cakephp.1045679.n5.nabble.com/One-slug-route-connected-to-multiple-controllers-td5710815.html
Thanks again for any help.
On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 5:48 AM, John Andersen <j.andersen...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi
>
> Can I assume that you have implemented authentication in your CakePHP
> application using the Auth component?
> See the CakePHP book here about Authentication:
>
> http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-libraries/components/authentication.html
>
> Take specially a look at the section "Identifying users and logging them
> in" which contains a code example of the login method for your usage. As
> Andrew wrote, it should then be simple for you to implement an IF statement
> (or other) and redirect the user to the correct URL of your appilcation.
>
> Enjoy, John
>
>
> On Sunday, 21 December 2014 12:56:18 UTC+2, rc.go...@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for clarifying regarding routes.
>>
>> Could you clarify what you mean "It be a simple `if` statement that calls
>> one of two of the controllers `private` or `protected` methods which
>> contain the login for wether the username is "Bob" or "BobsShop".
>>
>> I have a UsersController and a ShopsController, the former handles the
>> "Bob" username while the latter handles "BobsShop" username. So if i route
>> the /:username url to my UsersController, how should I handle the logic for
>> the "BobsShop" username?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> > On Dec 20, 2014, at 9:09 PM, Andrew Lechowicz <drew.le...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi. I want to route a url to 2 controllers depending on some logic I
>> define. For example, if I have 2 usernames Bob and BobsShop, I want
>> localhost/Bob to route to my UsersController while localhost/BobsShop will
>> route to my ShopsController. I've thought of one way to accomplish this -
>> by writing a common ObjectsController that represents both a User and a
>> Shop. Is there an easier way via cake's routing mechanism? Thanks!
>> >
>> > It seems like you might be confused as to what is a route and what is a
>> controller and what is a model. A route shouldn't contain any logic, it's
>> just the mapping of URL to Controller action. Or another way to put it is
>> URL to logic to perform. I would suggest if you have a route like
>> `/:username` it would route to a sigle controller action which then decided
>> which logic to perform. It be a simple `if` statement that calls one of two
>> of the controllers `private` or `protected` methods which contain the login
>> for wether the username is "Bob" or "BobsShop".
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