CakePhp 2.x Plugin for easy implementation of the Auth Component
Steps:
1. Import Authentication/Config/Schema/users.sql file to cake db
2. Add the following line to your app/Config/bootstrap.php
CakePlugin::load('Authentication', array('routes' => true));
*** note: for some reason loadAll doesn't work with this plugin,
it never loads the routes correctly
3. Before enabling the component, navigate to:
/admin/users/add
And add a default user you can login to the site with.
4. Enable Auth component by adding it to AppController like so:
public $components = array(
...
'Auth' => array(
'loginAction' => array(
'controller' => 'Users',
'action' => 'login',
'plugin' => 'Authentication',
'admin' => false,
),
'userModel' => 'Authentication.User',
'authenticate' => array('Form'),
),
...
);
3. Add this line to your layout where you want to display Auth messages:
<?php echo $this->Session->flash('auth'); ?>
*** If you'd like to use Controller level authorization, checkout the branch
"ControllerAuthorize"
Helpful links:
http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-libraries/components/authentication.html
http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/plugins.html