Cakephp 2.0 Authentication using email instead of username - cakephp-2.0

Question

In my view I have:
<?php
echo $this->Form->create('User', array("controller" => "Users", "action" => "login", "method" => "post"));
echo $this->Form->input('User.email', array("label" => false));
echo $this->Form->input('User.password', array("label" => false, 'class' => 'password-input'));
echo $this->Form->end(); ?>
In my AppController:
public $components = array(
'Session',
'Auth'
);
function beforeFilter(){
$this->Auth->fields = array(
'username' => 'email',
'password' => 'password'
);
}
In my UsersController:
function beforeFilter(){
$this->Auth->allow('sign_up', 'login', 'logout', 'forgot_password');
return parent::beforeFilter();
}
public function login() {
if ($this->Auth->login()) {
$this->Session->setFlash(__('Successfully logged in'), 'default', array('class' => 'success'));
$this->redirect($this->Auth->redirect());
} else {
if (!empty($this->request->data)) {
$this->Session->setFlash(__('Username or password is incorrect'), 'default', array('class' => 'notice'));
}
}
}
But the login is not working, what am I missing?
Thanks.

Answer 1

I believe the problem is:
function beforeFilter(){
$this->Auth->fields = array(
'username' => 'email',
'password' => 'password'
);
}
That was how custom login fields were specified in CakePHP 1.3. CakePHP 2.0 instead requires you to specify these fields in the public $components = array(...);. The 1.3 API shows that Auth has a $fields property, but the 2.0 API shows that there is no longer a $fields property. So you must:
public $components = array(
'Session',
'Auth' => array(
'authenticate' => array(
'Form' => array(
'fields' => array('username' => 'email')
)
)
)
);
More information can be found at: http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-libraries/components/authentication.html#configuring-authentication-handlers
Please tell me how it works out!

Answer 2

Final solution for my problem. Thank you.
I had a problem with userModel and I write this:
'Auth' => array(
'userModel' => 'Member'
)
instead of this:
'Auth' => array(
'authenticate' => array(
'Form' => array(
'userModel' => 'Member'
)
)
)