You only need to set a prefix as explicitly false if the page with the link has that prefix defined as true.
- Jamie On Apr 18, 8:21 am, "Krissy Masters" <naked.cake.ba...@gmail.com> wrote: > One thing I was going to ask in regard to the admin routing. > You have 3 different routes prefixed, admin, manager, editor and on the > homepage like this example do you have to write admin => false, manager=> > false, editor => false for every link? Or is there a short prefix => null > type option? > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: cake-php@googlegroups.com [mailto:cake-php@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > > Of Sam Sherlock > Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 12:24 PM > To: cake-php@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Can someone explain this to me in English please > > the last line allows admin users to access all areas. Other roles are > limited to thier respective prefixed routes > > add admin=>false to your html->link calls > > On 18/04/2011, MeatSandwich <i...@babyclothingcentral.co.uk> wrote: > > Sorry for being a bit of a dumb-ass but I'm trying to learn and have > > been looking at this for a couple of days but I'm still not completely > > sure how it works. I'm following an offline tutorial about using > > prefixes. > > > the tutorial says do this: > > 1 - uncomment the admin routing prefix in core.php > > 2 - add the following to users_controller.php: > > public function dashboard() { > > $role = $this->Auth->user('role'); > > if (!empty($role)) { > > $this->redirect(array($role=>true, > 'action'=>'dashboard')); > > } > > } > > > public function admin_dashboard() { > > } > > > public function manager_dashboard() { > > } > > > 3 - create three views for the above > > 4 - in app_controller add the authorize and session components with > > appropriate settings, then add: > > public function isAuthorized() { > > $role = $this->Auth->user('role'); > > $neededRole = null; > > $prefix = !empty($this->params['prefix']) ? $this- > >>params['prefix'] : null; > > if (!empty($prefix) && in_array($prefix, > > Configure::read('Routing.prefixes'))) { > > $neededRole = $prefix; > > } > > return (empty($neededRole) || strcasecmp($role, 'admin') == > 0 || > > strcasecmp($role, $neededRole) == 0); > > } > > > 5 - in the default layout: > > <?php > > $dashboardUrl = array('controller'=>'users', 'action'=>'dashboard'); > > if (!empty($user['role'])) { > > $dashboardUrl[$user['role']] = true; > > } > > echo $this->Html->link('My Dashboard', $dashboardUrl); > > ?> > > > Now the whole thing works and I can follow most of whats going on, but > > I'm confused with the last line in the isAuthorized method. What > > exactly does return (empty($neededRole) || strcasecmp($role, 'admin') > > == 0 || strcasecmp($role, $neededRole) == 0); actually return? > > > Also, the above code works fine and when I log in as someone who is an > > admin they can view the admin_dashboard ok, but there after it seems > > any other link has an admin prefix. How do I stop that happening? I > > don't want to have to create an admin_ method for everything including > > the homepage! > > > thanks in advance - Cake rules! > > > -- > > Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials > >http://tv.cakephp.org > > Check out the new CakePHP Questions sitehttp://ask.cakephp.organd help > > others with their CakePHP related questions. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group > at > >http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php > > -- > - S > > +44 (0)7908 069 219 > > -- > Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video > Tutorialshttp://tv.cakephp.org > Check out the new CakePHP Questions sitehttp://ask.cakephp.organd help > others with their CakePHP related questions. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/cake-php -- Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php
