CakePHP remember me with Auth - php

Question

I have successfully used Auth, but unfortunately, it seems that it does work only with Session. I want that if user checks "Remember Me" checkbox, I would use Cookie and he would be logged in for 2 weeks. I can't find anything in official book and in Google I found just few and not great blog posts. Is there any way to implement this without rewriting the core?

Answer 1

In your user controller:
public function beforeFilter() {
$this->Auth->allow(array('login', 'register'));
parent::beforeFilter();
}
public function login() {
if ($this->request->is('post')) {
if ($this->Auth->login()) {
// did they select the remember me checkbox?
if ($this->request->data['User']['remember_me'] == 1) {
// remove "remember me checkbox"
unset($this->request->data['User']['remember_me']);
// hash the user's password
$this->request->data['User']['password'] = $this->Auth->password($this->request->data['User']['password']);
// write the cookie
$this->Cookie->write('remember_me_cookie', $this->request->data['User'], true, '2 weeks');
}
return $this->redirect($this->Auth->redirect());
} else {
$this->Session->setFlash(__('Username or password is incorrect.'));
}
}
$this->set(array(
'title_for_layout' => 'Login'
));
}
public function logout() {
// clear the cookie (if it exists) when logging out
$this->Cookie->delete('remember_me_cookie');
return $this->redirect($this->Auth->logout());
}
In the login view:
<h1>Login</h1>
<?php echo $this->Form->create('User'); ?>
<?php echo $this->Form->input('username'); ?>
<?php echo $this->Form->input('password'); ?>
<?php echo $this->Form->checkbox('remember_me'); ?> Remember Me
<?php echo $this->Form->end('Login'); ?>
In your AppController:
public $components = array(
'Session',
'Auth',
'Cookie'
);
public $uses = array('User');
public function beforeFilter() {
// set cookie options
$this->Cookie->key = 'qSI232qs*&sXOw!adre#34SAv!#*(XSL#$%)asGb$#11~_+!##HKis~#^';
$this->Cookie->httpOnly = true;
if (!$this->Auth->loggedIn() && $this->Cookie->read('remember_me_cookie')) {
$cookie = $this->Cookie->read('remember_me_cookie');
$user = $this->User->find('first', array(
'conditions' => array(
'User.username' => $cookie['username'],
'User.password' => $cookie['password']
)
));
if ($user && !$this->Auth->login($user['User'])) {
$this->redirect('/users/logout'); // destroy session & cookie
}
}
}

Answer 2

See this URL i think it is very help full to you.
http://lecterror.com/articles/view/cakephp-and-the-infamous-remember-me-cookie
Or Try this
function login() {
if ($this->Auth->user()) {
if (!empty($this->data) && $this->data['User']['remember_me']) {
$cookie = array();
$cookie['username'] = $this->data['User']['username'];
$cookie['password'] = $this->data['User']['password'];
$this->Cookie->write('Auth.User', $cookie, true, COOKIE_EXPIRE);
unset($this->data['User']['remember_me']);
}
$this->LogDetail->Write('activity','has logged IN');
$this->redirect($this->Auth->redirect());
}
if (empty($this->data)) {
$cookie = $this->Cookie->read('Auth.User');
if (!is_null($cookie)) {
if ($this->Auth->login($cookie)) {
$this->Session->destroy('Message.Auth'); # clear auth message, just in case we use it.
$this->LogDetail->Write('activity','has been authenticated via cookie and is now logged IN');
$this->redirect($this->Auth->redirect());
} else {
$this->LogDetail->Write('activity','attempted to gain access with an invalid cookie');
$this->Cookie->destroy('Auth.User'); # delete invalid cookie
$this->Session->setFlash('Invalid cookie');
$this->redirect('login');
}
}
}
}

Answer 3

use CookeAuthenticate adapter:
https://github.com/ceeram/Authenticate/blob/master/Controller/Component/Auth/CookieAuthenticate.php
here more info:
https://github.com/ceeram/Authenticate/wiki/Set-Cookie

Answer 4

Remember me is nothing else but session identified with a cookie, but cookie lifetime set to infinity. Look at Config/core.php for session cookie lifetime.

Answer 5

I think you need to know about CakePHP Security levels. Try to lower the security of your cakePHP. CakePHP's Config variables documentation. I had written a blog about it also a long ago.

Answer 6

you can try this
if ($this->Auth->login())
{
if (!empty($this->data['User']['remember']))
{
$cookie = array();
$cookie['login'] = $this->data['User']['login'];
$cookie['password'] = $this->data['User']['password'];
$cookie['language'] =$this->data['User']['language'];
$this->Cookie->write('Auth.projectname', $cookie, true, '+1 years');
unset($this->data['User']['remember']);

Answer 7

public function admin_login() {
$this->layout = 'admin_login';
if (count($this->Session->read("Auth.User"))) {
$usr = $this->Session->read("Auth.User");
if ($usr['role'] == 'A' || $usr['role'] == 'RA' || $usr['role'] == 'MAfA' || $usr['role'] == 'Af' || $usr['role'] == 'FAA')
return $this->redirect(array('controller' => 'dashboard', 'action' => 'view'));
}
if ($this->request->is('post')) {
if ($this->request->data['User']['remember_me']=="1") {
// pr($this->request->data);
// die('sdd');
$this->Cookie->write('username', $this->request->data['User']['username'], true, '1 year');
$this->Cookie->write('password', $this->request->data['User']['password'], true, '1 year');
} else {
$this->Cookie->destroy();
}
/*
* Check if email or username is passed in form
*/
$uname = $this->request->data['User']['username'];
//login via email
if (filter_var($uname, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) {
$u = $this->User->findByemail($uname);
} else { //login via username
$u = $this->User->findByusername($uname);
}
if ($u) {
$this->request->data['User']['username'] = $u['User']['username'];
/* * *
* Error if user is not active
*/
if ($u['User']['user_status'] != 'active') {
$this->Session->setFlash(__('Sorry! Your account is not active.'), 'default', array('class' => 'alert alert-danger'));
} elseif ($this->Auth->login()) { //if logged in
$user_caps = $this->fetchCapabilitiesByRole($u['User']['role']);
$this->Session->write("Auth.User.privileges", array('capabilities' => $user_caps['capabilities'], 'geo_areas' => array()));
if ($u['User']['role'] == 'A' || $u['User']['role'] == 'RA' || $u['User']['role'] == 'Af' || $u['User']['role'] == 'MAfA' || $u['User']['role'] == 'FAA')
return $this->redirect(array('controller' => 'dashboard', 'action' => 'view'));
return $this->redirect($this->Auth->redirect());
}else { //if invalid
$this->Session->setFlash(__('Invalid username or password.'), 'default', array('class' => 'alert alert-danger'));
}
} else {//if user does not exists
$this->Session->setFlash(__('User does not exists.'), 'default', array('class' => 'alert alert-danger'));
}
}
}

Answer 8

It's been a while since the question was answered but hopefully this can help to ones that come after me.
I've written short walkthrough on how to setup 'remember me' functionality using Auhenticate Plugin from Ceeram
More info here: http://mirkoborivojevic.com/posts/2013/08/10/setup-remember-me-functionality-in-cakephp/