How do i login with registrations table in cakephp 2.3 - cakephp

Question

i m newbie for cakephp and i want to log in with different MySQL table name "registrations". as according to cakephp book a users named table is needed to log in and registration and its User controller and model. but my question is. is there any way to login with registrations table ? Here i difine you what all pages for it.
Controller
AppController.php
OnlineController.php(this page is main controller for my site.)
Model
AppModel.php
Registrations.php
View
register.ctp
login.ctp
And here my login view page
<?php echo $this->Form->create('Registrations'); ?>
<table width="450" border="0" align="center" id="login_form">
<tr align="center">
<td colspan="2" align="left"><h3 style="padding-top:10px; padding-left:0px;">Login In</h3>
<hr /></td>
</tr>
<tr><td><?php echo $this->Session->flash(); ?></td></tr>
<tr>
<td width="245"><?php echo $this->Form->input('email'); ?></td>
<tr>
<td><?php echo $this->Form->input('password', array('type'=>'password')); ?></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right">Lost Username/Password</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right"><? echo $this->Form->end('Submit'); ?></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right"> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
</table>
And Controller >> OnlineController.php >> Code here
class OnlineController extends AppController {
/**
* Controller name
*
* #var string
*/
public $name = 'Online';
//component
public $components=array('Session','Paginator','Auth');
public $uses = array('Registrations','Contacts','User','RegistrationsModel');
function beforeFilter(){
parent::beforeFilter();
}
public function index(){
//$students=$this->Student->find('all');
}
public function login(){
if($this->request->is('post'))
{
// pr($_POST);
if ($this->Auth->login()) {
return $this->redirect($this->Auth->redirect());
// Prior to 2.3 use `return $this->redirect($this->Auth->redirect());`
}
else {
$this->Session->setFlash(__('Username or password is incorrect'));
}
}
}
public function logout() {
$this->redirect($this->Auth->logout());
}
public function profile()
{
}
Model Part>> Registrations.php and code is
class Registrations extends AppModel {
public $name='Registrations';
function beforeSave() {
if(isset($this->data['Registrations']['password']))
$this->data['Registrations']['password'] = Security::hash($this->data['Registrations']['password'], null, true);
return true;
}
public $validate = array(
'first_name'=>array(
'rule'=>'alphaNumeric',
'required'=> true,
'allowEmpty'=>false,
'message'=>'Please Enter Your Name'
),
'last_name'=>array(
'rule'=>'alphaNumeric',
'required'=>true,
'allowEmpty'=>false,
'message'=>"Please Enter Your Last Name."
),
'email'=>array(
'rule'=>'email',
'required'=>true,
'allowEmpty'=>false,
'message'=>"Please Enter Your Email address."
)
,
'password'=>array(
'rule'=>'alphaNumeric',
'required'=>true,
'allowEmpty'=>false,
'message'=>"Please Enter Your Password."
),
'phone'=>array(
'rule'=>'Numeric',
'required'=>true,
'allowEmpty'=>false,
'message'=>"Please Enter Your Phone No.."
)
,
'state'=>array(
'rule'=>'alphaNumeric',
'required'=>true,
'allowEmpty'=>false,
'message'=>"Please Enter Your Sate"
)
,
'city'=>array(
'rule'=>'alphaNumeric',
'required'=>true,
'allowEmpty'=>false,
'message'=>"Please Enter Your City"
)
);
}
In last i useed some logic for Appcontroller
class AppController extends Controller {
public $components = array(
'Auth' => array(
'loginAction' => array(
'controller' => 'Online',
'action' => 'login'),
'loginRedirect' => array(
'controller' => 'Online',
'action' => 'profile'),
'logoutRedirect ' => array(
'controller' => 'Online',
'action' => 'login'),
'authenticate' => array(
'Registrations' => array(
'userModel' => 'RegistrationsModel',
'fields' => array(
'username' => 'email',
'password' => 'password'
)
)
)
)
);
function beforeFilter() {
$this->Auth->allow('register','index','contact','quiz_zone','about','packages','online_test','test_gen','login');
}
}
Please give me a correct solution..Thanks in Advance

Answer 1

The name of the table for login is irrelevant. CakePHP doesn't empose a name for that.
This is a setting. When configuring your AuthComponent in AppController for example do:
$this->Auth->authenticate = array('Form' => array('userModel' => 'Registration'));
In your example you're passing the wrong name: RegistrationsModel.
So in your example this is very WRONG:
'authenticate' => array(
'Registrations' => array(
'userModel' => 'RegistrationsModel',
'fields' => array(
'username' => 'email',
'password' => 'password'
)
)
The first level key should be the authentication type (Form, Basic, Digest) not Registrations. Then as I explained you can do:
'authenticate' => array(
'Form' => array(
'userModel' => 'Registration',
'fields' => array(
'username' => 'email',
'password' => 'password'
)
)
This is all very well explained in the book - here and here.
Another very bad thing that you're NOT DOING is following the CakePHP Conventions!
Cake follows the philosophy of "Convention over configuration".
For example your models should be singular not plural... Read the book. Start with the turotioals.