Re: Password field not encrypting

Do you have beforeFilter() in your users controller? Are you calling
parent::beforeFilter()?

On Feb 23, 3:39 pm, lirc201 <brian.e.lave...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to implement the Auth component for the first time into my
> application.  On my registration page I noticed that the password was
> getting inserted into the database as plain text.  The application
> does not use the default names "username" and "password" so I defined
> the fields as stated in the documentation.
>
> app_controller:
>
>   function beforeFilter()  {
>
>     // Configure Authuentication Component
>     $this->Auth->loginAction = array(
>         'controller' => 'users',
>         'action' => 'login'
>         );
>     $this->Auth->fields = array(
>         'username' => 'email',
>         'password' => 'passwd'
>         );
>
>     $this->Auth->authorize = 'controller';
>     $this->Auth->logoutRedirect = "/";
>     $this->Auth->loginError = 'Invalid email/password combination,
> please try again.';
>   }
>
> So in my "signup" code I added:
> $this->data['User']['passwd'] = $this->Auth->password($this->data
> ['User']['passwd']);
> to get the encrypted password put into the database, and that seems to
> work.  Next I proceed to the login page to test the new account
> (standard login, cut and pasted code from documentation, but using my
> email, and passwd fields).  I then get my Auth->loginError, which I
> believe is because the password is not getting encrypted
> automatically.
>
> I was under the impression that by using the $this->Auth->fields, that
> the automagic would still work for me.  Does the Auth->fields work as
> intended?
>
> Thanks,
> Brian
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