how do i get the current logged in users in cakephp cakedc users

Question

please, can some one tell me how to get the current logged in user in CAKEDC users plugin in cake php. i want to be able to use it at will within the application. just as wordpress' : loggedin_user(), get_current_user().

Answer 1

generally once a user goes through Auth in CakePHP, the way to get the user is $this->Auth->user(); Go ahead and try that in the controller ;).