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Question

I have a static page I want to add to the existing cakePHP project. I managed to get around the Auth through using this code on PagesController

public $allowedPages = array('main',); 


public function beforeFilter() {
$this->Auth->allow('display');
}
public function display()
{
    $path = func_get_args();

    $count = count($path);
    if (!$count) {
        return $this->redirect('/');
    }
    $page = $subpage = null;

    if (!empty($path[0])) {
        $page = $path[0];
    }
    if (!empty($path[1])) {
        $subpage = $path[1];
    }
    $this->set(compact('page', 'subpage'));

    /*add CHU
    if(in_array($page, $this->allowedPages) || $this->User->loggedin) {
    $this->render($page);
    } */

    if(in_array($page, $this->allowedPages) ) {
        $this->render($page); //here redirects to login page change the path if the path is different
    }


    try {
        $this->render(implode('/', $path));
    } catch (MissingTemplateException $e) {
        if (Configure::read('debug')) {
            throw $e;
        }
        throw new NotFoundException();
    }
}

And added the route like this:

$routes->connect('/main', ['controller' => 'Pages', 'action' => 'display', 'main']);

But what's happening is that when a user logs in, the login page displays again. I think a validation should be added to check if a user is logged in here:

if(in_array($page, $this->allowedPages) ) {
        $this->render($page); //here redirects to login page change the path if the path is different
    }

How can I do this?

I tried these answers: Auth for static page

Allowing a Specific Page in Cakephp

Answer 1

I don't think it's necessary to go through so much hassle. For eg: If the name of your action is "privacyPolicy", you could simply specify it within $this->Auth->allow() in AppController itself.

In case you'd like to keep it separated and write it within PagesController, I'd suggest you to call the parent function. Otherwise, the beforeFilter within PagesController overrides the beforeFilter of AppController.

   //AppController.php

  /* Other code */

  public function beforeFilter() {

  ..........

  $this->Auth->allow(array(
     "action1",
     "action2",
     "display"
   ));
  }

_____________________ OR ________________________________

  // PagesController.php

   public function beforeFilter() {
      parent::beforeFilter(); // Add this line
      $this->Auth->allow('display');
   }

Hope this helps.

Peace! xD