Login and registration form on same page - Flash issue

Hey all! I have to say this community is awesome. I'm pleased to see there is help for newbies like me.

I have an issue which I need suggestions for. I like doing things the proper way and not creating an obtuse mess of code to do something simple. Here it is:

Uses Auth (nothing crazy)

View - register.ctp contains a registration form: 

<?php

echo $this->Form->create('User', array('action' => 'register'));

echo $this->Form->input('full_name', array('label' => 'Full Name'));

echo $this->Form->input('email_register', array('label' => 'Email'));

echo $this->Form->input('password', array('type' => 'password', 'label' => 'Password'));

echo $this->Form->input('password_confirm', array('type' => 'password', 'label' => 'Confirm Password'));

echo $this->Form->hidden('role', array('value' => 'student'));

echo $this->Form->end('Register');

?>

Then, the layout it uses (login.ctp) calls another form:

<?php

echo $this->Form->create('User', array('action' => 'login'));

echo $this->Form->input('email', array('label' => false, 'type' => 'email_login', 'value' => '', 'placeholder' => 'Email'));

echo $this->Form->input('password', array('label' => false, 'type' => 'password_login', 'value' => '', 'placeholder' => 'Password'));

echo $this->Form->submit('GO', array('class' => 'login_submit'));

echo $this->Form->end();

?>

My problem is that when register.ctp passes the data to the User.php model, and does the validation, the login.ctp form gets the 'message =>' from the model as well as the register.ctp form.

Now, I need both the register.ctp and login.ctp form to check the database if the email exists, run the validation if it's valid, etc etc. I think you get the idea. My first idea was to change the login.ctp form from input('email' to input('email_login' and have it act the same as the normal email, just ignore the validation message. I looked and looked and couldn't find any examples of how to achieve this. 

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

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