I´m trying to write a log system for my CakePHP intranet. What i need is to store de username/datetime whene someone tryes to login.
My login code is on the clients_controller and i need to store the data on a model called log (i have the model, controller, view... but they are not related)
how can i achive that?
thank you
Add this line in your Client Controller:
$var uses = array('Client', 'Log'); // all the model that is used
// by the client controller.
in cakephp 2.3
public $uses = array('Client', 'Log');
To create a log when someone logs in:
$this->Log->create();
$log = array('Log' => array(
'username' => $username,
'datetime' => date('Y-m-d H:i:s')
));
$this->Log->save($log);
Related
I am trying to debug my sql but I am having a hard time. I know I can use this:
<?php echo $this->element('sql_dump'); ?>
to dump the sql but this doesnt (or at least I dont know how to use it) work if I am doing an ajax call. Because the page is not reloaded, the dump does not get refreshed. How can I run my command and debug the sql? Here is the code I have in my controller:
public function saveNewPolicy(){
$this->autoRender = false;
$policyData = $this->request->data["policyData"];
$numRows=0;
$data = array(
'employee_id' => trim($policyData[0]["employeeId"]),
'insurancetype_id'=> $policyData[0]["insuranceTypeId"],
'company' => $policyData[0]["companyName"],
'policynumber' => $policyData[0]["policyNumber"],
'companyphone' => $policyData[0]["companyPhone"],
'startdate'=> $policyData[0]["startDate"],
'enddate'=> $policyData[0]["endDate"],
'note' => $policyData[0]["notes"]
);
try{
$this->Policy->save($data);
$numRows =$this->Policy->getAffectedRows();
if($numRows>0){
$dataId = $this->Policy->getInsertID();
$response =json_encode(array(
'success' => array(
'msg' =>"Successfully Added New Policy.",
'newId' => $dataId
),
));
return $response;
}else{
throw new Exception("Unspecified Error. Data Not Save! ");
}
}catch (Exception $e){
return $this->EncodeError($e);
}
}
The problem is that if the company field in my array is empty, empty, the insert will fail without any error. I know it has failed, though, because of the numrows variable I use. I know the field accepts nulls in the database. It seems like the only way for me to debug this is to look at what SQL is being sent to MySql. Anyone know how to debug it? I am using CakePhp 2.4
I use this approach. I added this method in my AppModel class:
public function getLastQuery() {
$dbo = $this->getDatasource();
$logs = $dbo->getLog();
$lastLog = end($logs['log']);
return $lastLog['query'];
}
and then in any controller you call this like:
debug($this->{your model here}->getLastQuery());
Rather than trying to hack around in CakePHP, perhaps it would be easier to just log the queries with MySQL and do a tail -f on the log file? Here's how you can turn that on:
In MySQL, run SHOW VARIABLES; and look for general_log and general_log_file entries
If general_log is OFF, run SET GLOBAL general_log = 'ON'; to turn it on
In a terminal, run a tail -f logfile.log (log file location is in the general_log_file entry) to get a streaming view of the log as it's written to
This is very helpful for these circumstances to see what's going on behind the scenes, or if you have debug off for some reason.
I try to use the zf2 db validator to check if a record does not exist.
I set the follow code in my controller:
$validator = new NoRecordExists(
array(
'table' => 'topics',
'field' => 'topic',
)
);
after this configuration I try to validate but I got 'an error occurred', can't find any other error output who can tell me more about this error.
var_dump($validator->isValid('test'));
If someone can give me some tips, would be great :)
thx
Have you set the DB Adapter?
You can pass it in the contructor or called setAdapter();
validator->setAdapter(
$this->getServiceLocator()->get('Zend\Db\Adapter\Adapter')
);
You could set this up in your service config to automatically inject the adapter for you.
I'm using CakePHP's Media view to force file downloads. My code is pretty much exactly like the example provided in the cookbook, which I'll paste here for your convenience:
<?php
class ExampleController extends AppController {
public function download () {
$this->viewClass = 'Media';
// Download app/outside_webroot_dir/example.zip
$params = array(
'id' => 'example.zip',
'name' => 'example',
'download' => true,
'extension' => 'zip',
'path' => APP . 'outside_webroot_dir' . DS
);
$this->set($params);
}
}
In the database, I have a field that keeps track of how many times the file was downloaded. I'm looking for a way to make sure that this number is as accurate as possible, so if a user's download gets cancelled or times out, the number does not increment. Is there some way for CakePHP's Media view to report that the download was, indeed, successful?
Detecting when a file has finished downloading is no easy task. This is something that would be done on the client side with javascript, but browsers do not give you any hooks for that.
There is a pretty clever solution here (setting a cookie and then looking for it with javascript), but it only tells you when the download has started.
Browsing through GitHub and I found a pretty powerful CakePHP plugin called CakeDC Users that has a lot of features (Account verification, password reset, etc) for a creating a login/authentication system. I like it because it seems to be written by some of the actual CakePHP developers and it gets updated a lot but there seems to be absolutely zero documentation anywhere on it. I've just come across this plugin recently, since I was trying to see if there's a better way than "rolling" with my own solution. So I was wondering if anybody here has had experience with it and if so could point to some decent documentation online.
Edit There is some stuff at the bottom of the readme, but it hasn't been too intuitive for me.
Alternate question, if you don't use this plugin, is there a login/authentication plugin you use in CakePHP that you use for login/authentication?
I have ran into the same problem with using the CakeDC plugins, a lot of them have little/no documentation.
However, there is not "Zero" documentation for it, you can see how to set it up for the most part at the bottom of the github page in the read me. Also you need to put this inside your AppController::beforeFilter() method.
$this->Auth->authorize = 'controller';
$this->Auth->fields = array('username' => 'email', 'password' => 'passwd');
$this->Auth->loginAction = array('plugin' => 'users', 'controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'login', 'admin' => false);
$this->Auth->loginRedirect = '/';
$this->Auth->logoutRedirect = '/';
$this->Auth->authError = __('Sorry, but you need to login to access this location.', true);
$this->Auth->loginError = __('Invalid e-mail / password
combination. Please try again', true);
$this->Auth->autoRedirect = true;
$this->Auth->userModel = 'User';
$this->Auth->userScope = array('User.active' => 1);
if ($this->Auth->user()) {
$this->set('userData', $this->Auth->user());
$this->set('isAuthorized', ($this->Auth->user('id') != ''));
}
Also, you need an isAuthorized() function, something as simple as this will do:
public function isAuthorized() {
return true;
}
Additionally, you will need to allow the 'login' action (this will involve editing the plugin files). Just add 'login' to the $this->Auth->allow() in users_controller.php.
This question is pretty old now, but as it's not marked as resolved and we've been doing a lot on the documentation since then I think it's worth to update:
Documentation can be found here:
For the version 3+ of the framework
https://github.com/CakeDC/users/blob/master/Docs/Home.md
Tutorial > http://www.cakedc.com/jorge_gonzalez/2016/02/21/cakedc_users_plugin_for_cakephp_3_-_update
CakePHP Facebook login tutorial >
http://www.cakedc.com/jorge_gonzalez/2016/02/21/cakephp_facebook_login_using_cakedc_users_plugin_-_update_3_1_5
For the (old) version 2
https://github.com/CakeDC/users/blob/2.x/Docs/Home.md
After exhaustive search I found a tutorial on how to use CakeDC!
Here it is
I'm just getting started with cakePHP, and things aren't going so well so far.
I have a controller that handles confirming user emails. On registration the user is sent an email with a confirmcode in a link. Depending on the confirm code they give, the controller gives different text responses. One of these responses includes a hyperlink in order to log in.
I'm trying to use the Html helper, but although I've loaded it in $helpers at the top of the class, I an only make it work if I then use App::import, and then instantiate it.
It all seems overkill to simply make a hyperlink! How many times do I have to load the same class?
Wherever I look on the web it keeps telling me it's a bad idea to use a helper in a controller, but how else am I supposed to get the link made?
So I have
var $helpers = array('Html');
at the top of the controller, and:
if (isset($this->User->id)) { // Check the user's entered it right
// Do some stuff to remember the user has confirmed
// This is to load the html helper - supposedly bad form, but how else do I make the link?
App::import('Helper', 'Html');
$html = new HtmlHelper();
$this->set('message', __("Your email address has been confirmed.", TRUE)." ".$html->link(__("Please log in", TRUE), array('controller' => "users", 'action' => "login" )));
} else {
$this->set('message', __("Please check your mail for the correct URL to confirm your account", TRUE));
}
in the controller's confirm method and
<div>
<?php echo $message;?>
</div>
in the view to output the resulting message
Surely I'm going wrong somewhere - can anyone explain how?
You're not supposed to use Helpers in the Controller. As #Lincoln pointed out, you should construct the link in the View. You may construct the URL in the Controller, since a URL is basically data, but a link is a very medium-specific (HTML) implementation of a URL.
Either way, you'll need to create a full URL (including host) if you want to send it in an Email. The most universal way is to use Router::url:
$fullUrl = Router::url(array('controller' => ...), true); // 'true' for full URL
Do this in either the Controller or the View. For creating a link, use this in the View:
echo $html->link('Title', $fullUrl);
The idea is that all the data you need to render the page is sent to the view with set, then any conditional logic or formatting is done in the view with helpers, so send whole query results when appropriate (suppose you need to alter a link to include the user's screen name, you'll have it handy).
in controller action
$this->set('user', $this->User);
in view (this is slightly different depending on if your in <= 1.2 or 1.3
if ($user->id) //available because of Controller->set
{
//1.2
$link = $html->link(__("Please log in", TRUE), array('controller' => "users", 'action' => "login" ));
//1.3
$link = $this->Html->link(__("Please log in", TRUE), array('controller' => "users", 'action' => "login" ));
echo __("Your email address has been confirmed.", TRUE)." $link";
}
else
{
$this->set('message', __("Please check your mail for the correct URL to confirm your account", TRUE));
}
What you are trying to do should be done with the SessionComponent. $this->Session->setFlash('your message here');
and in your layout with the session helper put $this->Session->flash();
About your wanting urls in the controller, Router::url is correct as deceze said, but there is no use for it there as you should not be building html in a controller.
what you want to do it use the session::setFlash() method above and then redirect them using
$this->redirect(array('controller' => "users", 'action' => "login" ));