Well if you you set in AppModel : static usergroup = null; function store($group) { self::$usergroup = $group; }
function getgroup() { return self::$usergroup; } in AppController ( suppoisng you store the group in the Session), you can do function beforeFilter() { if(isset($this->{$this->modelClass}) /* thank AD for this */ $this->{$this->modelClass}->store($this->Session- >('whereismygroup'); } now in any model $currentgroup= $this->getgroup(); Maybe you have to check values before storing etc ... but that the idea hth On Jan 18, 3:37 pm, Andreas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Care to elaborate the session part? Didn't get that. > > On Jan 18, 2:38 pm, francky06l <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > You coul declare a static variable in appModel, and update it from > > session in beforeFilter ... just a hint .. > > hth > > > On Jan 18, 2:25 pm, Andreas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi > > > > I've been using a variable in my appcontrol that stores what group the > > > user belongs to based on previous acl things done in the script. The > > > thing is that now I need the information in one of my models for > > > validation. Should i store the information in appmodel instead or is > > > there any other good solution on this? Is it possible (and a good > > > idea?) to store the information in Auth? > > > > Andreas --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---