Well quite normal since as long as you are not logged in beforeFilter has no much effect on redirection .. Better, use $this->Auth->autoRedirect = false; in beforeFilter ..
In login, if($this->Auth->user('id')) { if($this->Auth->user('admin') == 'n') blah; else otherblah ... } hth On Nov 5, 4:03 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a simple app that needs to have 2 types of users, normal users > and admins. I have got the Auth component working great and has the > entire site requiring log in etc, but I want to redirect users that > are admins to the admin route sections upon login. > > I have this in my app_controller: > > function beforeFilter() { > $this->Auth->allow('display'); > $this->Auth->logoutRedirect = > array(Configure::read('Routing.admin') => false, 'controller' => > 'users', 'action' => 'logout'); > $user = $this->Auth->user(); > //debug($user); > if($user['User']['admin'] == 'n') { > $this->Auth->loginRedirect = array('controller'=>'orders', > 'action'=>'index'); > } else { > $this->Auth->loginRedirect = array('controller'=>'orders', > 'action'=>'index', 'admin' => true); > } > > } > > And while it doesnt throw errors it seems to behave wierdly - it > redirects to the /admin route regardless, but if I go back in my > browser and login again it redirects to the correct page! > > Has anyone tried to do this before? Any suggestions what I may be > missing? > TIA, > d. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---