Change Default action base on user groups in CakePHP - php

Question

I have different users groups e.g. admin, author,publisher and have separately controllers for them I want to set default path after login on base of
$this->Auth->User('group_id')
like this in appcontroller in beforefilter() method
if ($this->Auth->User('group_id') == '1')
{
Router::connect('/', array('controller' => 'admin', 'action' => 'index'));
}
elseif($this->Auth->User('group_id') == '2')
{
Router::connect('/', array('controller' => 'author', 'action' => 'index'));
}
else {
Router::connect('/', array('controller' => 'publisher', 'action' => 'index'));
}
I tried this in
routes.php
in Config using $_SESSION Variable because in that file couldnt use
$this.
Main purpose is that when user login it will take to their controller and so i can have clean URL
I dont want to same controller i have to use check for group than ACL library's power will be in waste.
Any Help will be appreciated to accomplish this. Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Based on your comment on Isaac's answer, you can do something like this.
Say, in routes.php you can have:
Route::connect('/', array('controller' => 'some_controller', 'action' => 'index'));
Then in your redirected controller's index() method:
public function index()
{
$group = $this->User->Group->find('first', array( //assuming User belongsTo Group
'conditions' => array(
'id' => $this->Auth->User('group_id')
),
'fields' => array('name')
)
)); //getting the name of the group the user belongs to
call_user_func(array($this, strtolower($group['Group']['name']).'_index'));
}
And then in your controller you can have something like:
protected function admin_index()
{
//code for admins
}
protected function publisher_index()
{
//code for publishers
}
protected function author_index()
{
//code for authors
}
So you have all code on the same controller but separated on different methods.

Answer 2

//Don't miss the app_controller for this small kind of thing. bear in mind always keep the app controller clean and tidy.
function login(){
//here you can say after login what's happen next
if ($this->Auth->login()){
$this->redirectUser();
}
}
//redirect user groups
function redirectUser(){
$role = $this->Auth->User('group_id');
switch ($role) {
case 1:
return $this->redirect(array('controllers'=>'admin_controller', 'action'=>'action_name'));
break;
case 2:
return $this->redirect(array('controllers'=>'author_controller', 'action'=>'action_name'));
default:
return $this->redirect(array('controllers'=>'user_controller', 'action'=>'action_name'));
break;
}
}
If you want to use custom url You also need to name it into routes.php
Route::connect('/admin', array('controller' => 'admin_controller', 'action' => 'index'));
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