Re: Updating user values in Auth component

I prefer this method:

http://www.milesj.me/blog/read/31/Refreshing-The-Auths-Session

On Apr 28, 9:22 am, John Andersen <j.andersen...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Without changing anything in the Auth component, I do think that you
> could redo the login of the current user, when you have updated the
> users information - for example:
>
> [code]
> $this->Auth->login( $this->Auth->user() );
> [/code]
>
> That should update the user information in the Auth session key.
> I haven't tested it, but give it a try :)
> Enjoy,
>    John
>
> Ps. the only issue I could see, is that the password may not be
> available!
>
> On Apr 28, 5:16 pm, WhyNotSmile <sharongilmor...@googlemail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I'm using the built-in Auth component with CakePHP.  In part of my
> > site, I allow my user to update their details (e.g. email address).
> > When I then retrieve the user information from the Auth component
> > (using $this->Auth->user()), the details are still the old ones.
>
> > Is there a way to update the values in the Auth component?  I know
> > that the fact I have a problem with this indicates that I'm probably
> > doing it wrong, so I'm going to change the way it's finding the data,
> > but I'm just curious as to whether the Auth values can be changed.
>
> > Thanks
>
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