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Leticia Meyer
Leticia Meyer

Reputation: 11

Session variables + auth in cakephp

Does auth store any variables in the session (e.g. username, other user model properties)? If so, how do I access them? If not, how would I place those variables into the session? In the User controller login function? Thanks, I'm a noob at cakephp

Upvotes: 1

Views: 6852

Answers (1)

Mouad Debbar
Mouad Debbar

Reputation: 3226

After the user is logged in successfully, all his information will be available in the session..

the best way (CakePHP) to get the user's information from the session is:

$this->Auth->user();

you should call this from your controller..
it will give you all the user's information,
if you need a specific information (e.g. username):

$this->Auth->user ( 'username' );

and if you want to access the session from a view, you can use:

$session->read ( 'Auth.User' );

or again (for username):

$session->read ( 'Auth.User.username' );

hope this helps..

good luck with your development..

Upvotes: 5

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