Not able to redirect page in CAKE PHP

Question

When i follow $this->Auth->allow('login'); this approach, we are not able to redirect to dashboard page. If i follow $this->Auth->allow(); this approach we are able to redirect to dashboard page.

But i need to use first approach for login.

I have a AppController.php which is performed Login Action.

Below is the AppController.php Code

function beforeFilter() {

    Security::setHash('md5');

    // Authenticate
    $this->Auth->authorize = 'Controller';
    $this->Auth->autoRedirect = false;
    $subdomain = substr( env("HTTP_HOST"), 0, strpos(env("HTTP_HOST"), ".") );


    if($this->params['controller']=="moderator")
    {

        //$this->Auth->allow(); // if i use this one my code is working fine.
        $this->Auth->allow('login');            

        $this->Auth->loginAction = array('controller' => 'moderator', 'action' => 'login');
        $this->Auth->loginRedirect = array('controller' => 'moderator', 'action' => 'dashboard');
        $this->Auth->loginError = 'No username and password was found with that combination.';
        $this->Auth->logoutRedirect = array('controller' => 'moderator', 'action' => 'login');
        AuthComponent::$sessionKey = 'Auth.Admin';
    }

}

when we are login the page it will goto ModeratorController.php controller page and then check the usename and password using Auth , if username & password correct it will call the dashboard function.

Below is the ModeratorController.php Code

class ModeratorController extends AppController {

public $components = array('RequestHandler','Session',
        'Auth'=>array(
                'authenticate' => array(
                        'Form' => array(
                                'fields'=>array(
                                        'username'=>'username',
                                        'password'=>'password'
                                ),
                                'userModel'=> 'Admin'
                        ),
                ),
                'loginAction' =>array(
                        'Controller' => 'moderator',
                        'action' => 'login'
                ),
                'loginRedirect'=>array('Controller'=>'moderator', 'action'=>'index'),
                'logoutRedirect'=>array('Controller'=>'moderator', 'action'=>'index'),
                'authError'=>"You can't access that page",
                'authorize'=>'Controller',
                'loginError'=> 'Login error',


        )
);
public $helpers = array('Js' => array('Jquery'),'Html','Paginator');


    function beforeFilter() {
        //used version cake 2.3.0.

        parent::beforeFilter();

    }


    // for moderator login process

    public function login() {

        if($this->Session->read('Auth.Admin.admin_id'))
        {           
             $this->redirect('dashboard');
        }

        if($this->request->data)
        {

         $this->Admin->set($this->data);
         if($this->Admin->validates())
         {
            if($this->Auth->login()){


                //$this->redirect('/moderator/dashboard');  // result: redirect to moderator/login              
                //$this->redirect(array('controller' => 'moderator', 'action' => 'dashboard')); // result: redirect to moderator/login
                //$this->redirect($this->Auth->redirect()); // result: redirect to moderator/login
                //$this->redirect(array('action' => 'dashboard')) // result: redirect to moderator/login
                //$this->redirect('dashboard12'); // result: redirect to moderator/dashboard12 and give me 404. That result is correct
                //$this->redirect('/dashboard'); // result: redirect to /dashboard and give me 404. That result is also correct
                $this->redirect('dashboard')) // result: redirect to moderator/login
            }
            else
            {
                $this->Session->setFlash(__('Invalid email or password, try again'));
            }
        }
     }


    }


    public function dashboard()
    {
        echo "I am in dashboard";
        exit();
    }
}

Thanks

Answer 1

I see a few things that are technically wrong:

1. When building in CakePHP you should follow its standards

   You should have moderators as your controller and not moderator

2. You make reference to dashboard.php

   Is that a controller? or are you referring to the method

If you have a controller name ModeratorsController.php and a method there name dashboard(), then you can redirect like this:

$this->redirect(array('controller' => 'moderators', 'action' => 'dashboard'));

or you could even redirect like this

$this->redirect('/moderators/dashboard');

If the dashboard.php file you make reference is actually the controller, which in this case should be DashboardsControler.php, then you have to redirect to

$this->redirect('controller' => 'dashboards');

or

$this->redirect('/dashboards');