Thank you that works like a charm. Usually when I write straight PHP
I include an else statement but for some reason when doing this (my
first cakePHP project) I did not do that.
On Jan 8, 4:36 am, "Dr. Loboto" <drlob...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Just a little additions:
>
> // always have default value for action args to not receive
> "missing argument" errors
> function view($username = null) {
> if (!$username) {
> $this->Session->setFlash(__('Invalid User.',
> true));
> $this->redirect('/pages/error');
> // exit is not needed, redirect do it itself
> }
> if ($user = $this->User->findByUsername($username)) {
> $this->set('user', $user);
> }
> else { // always check (done) and react (missed) to
> everything
> $this->Session->setFlash(__('Invalid User.',
> true));
> $this->redirect('/pages/error');
> }
> if ($this->Auth->user('role') == 'admin') {
> $this->Session->setFlash(__('You have admin
> access', true));
> }
> }
>
> On Jan 7, 9:20 pm, Foroct <forrestfraz...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I have a users table and would like to view my users by username with
> > a url like example.com/users/view/username
> > In order to do that I have set my view function in my users controller
> > to
> > function view($username) {
> > if (!$username) {
> > $this->Session->setFlash(__('Invalid User.', true));
> > $this->redirect('/pages/error');
> > exit();
> > }
> > if ($user = $this->User->findByUsername($username)) {
> > $this->set('user', $user);
> > }
> > if ($this->Auth->user('role') == 'admin') {
> > // $this->flash('You have admin access');
> > $this->Session->setFlash(__('You have admin
> > access', true));
> > }
> > }
>
> > While this will work correctly, showing an existing users profile it
> > fails to redirect to an error page when you replace the username with
> > one that doesn't exist. As I was looking for an answer to this I found
> > a few articles that state I should always set my function view to $id
> > then rewrite the url to contain the username.
>
> > I was wondering if there was a best practice to follow or if what I am
> > doing is okay?
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