Any reason you are not just using debug?
debug($activeUser);
I have never used the Debugger class myself. I am generally content to
just debug to screen when something strange happens.
/Martin
On Sep 2, 2:36 am, abc <sudmo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Use the var_dump of php,
> ob_start();
> var_dump($activeuser);
> $dump_string = ob_get_clean();
>
> Now dump the string,
>
> On Sep 1, 12:06 pm, McScreech <scre...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hello,
>
> > I am learning to trace through my code to debug results that I don't
> > understand.
> > I have the following setup (in part):
> > (And apologies for running on in my attempt to describe the
> > situation.)
>
> > in app_controller.php:
> > var $uses = array('User');
> > var $components = array('Acl', 'Auth', 'Session');
>
> > function beforeFilter() {
> > // Configure AuthComponent
> > $this->Auth->autoRedirect = false;
> > $this->Auth->authorize = 'actions';
> > $this->Auth->loginAction = array('controller' => 'users',
> > 'action'
> > => 'login');
> > $this->Auth->allowedActions = array('display', 'login',
> > 'logout');
>
> > // Remember user who is logged in
> > $activeUser =
> > $this->User->find(array($this->Auth->user('id')));
> > $this->set('activeUser', $activeUser);
> > } // end beforeFilter()
> > . . .
>
> > in users_controller.php:
> > function login() {
> > if( $this->Auth->user() ) {
> > $this->redirect( array('controller' => 'pages',
> > 'action' =>
> > 'start') );
> > }
> > } // end login()
> > . . .
>
> > I have introductory content in home.ctp with a link to login.ctp which
> > on success redirects to start.ctp. This 'start' page is where I am
> > trying to setup different menus depending on the users access
> > privileges.
>
> > In start.ctp:
> > // Debugging info begin
> > $oldDebug = Configure::read('debug');
> > Configure::write('debug', 3);
> > Debugger::dump(isset($activeUser));
> > Debugger::dump($activeUser);
> > Debugger::dump($activeUser['User']);
> > Debugger::dump($activeUser['Group']);
> > Configure::write('debug', $oldDebug);
> > // Debugging info end
>
> > if(isset($activeUser)) {
> > switch ($activeUser['Group']['id']):
> > case 1: // user is in administrator group
> > echo $this->element('adm_menu');
> > break;
> > case 2: // moderator group
> > echo $this->element('mod_menu');
> > break;
> > case 3: // user group
> > echo $this->element('usr_menu');
> > break;
> > default: // guest group
> > echo $this->element('gst_menu');
> > endswitch;
> > }
> > . . .
>
> > The dump calls output:
> > Debugger::dump(isset($activeUser));
> > true
>
> > Debugger::dump($activeUser);
> > array(
> > "User" => array(),
> > "Group" => array()
> > )
>
> > Debugger::dump($activeUser['User']);
> > array(
> > "id" => "1",
> > "username" => "xxx",
> > "first" => "xxx",
> > "last" => "xxx",
> > "password" => "xxx",
> > "group_id" => "1",
> > "created" => "2009-08-27 14:51:52",
> > "modified" => "2009-08-27 14:51:52"
> > )
>
> > Debugger::dump($activeUser['Group']);
> > array(
> > "id" => "1",
> > "name" => "Administrator",
> > "created" => "2009-08-27 14:50:33",
> > "modified" => "2009-08-27 14:50:33"
> > )
>
> > All acceptable, however my question is: How can I dump the full
> > contents of $activeUser with sub components in a way that I do not
> > have to call the 'User' and 'Group' arrays separately? Or extended to
> > work on a variable where I don't have to know it's full structure.
>
> > Many thanx in advance, McS
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