Redirection Issue using Auth Component - php

Question

I have my home screen with Login Form and Registration button at the following location -
http://localhost/myproject/user/login
When user clicks on Register button, the page is re-directed to -
http://localhost/myproject/user/register
where I have Login Form on the top of the page and Registration Form at the bottom. Now when I fill the login form and submit, if the login fails, user is redirected to
http://localhost/myproject/user/login
instead, I want the user to be redirected to
http://localhost/myproject/user/register
How can I achieve this behavior?

Answer 1

I would do something in your Users_Controllers like so...
NOTE: I have not tried it and I am not sure it works... I can repost later after trying this...
First you need to turn Auto Redirect to False
class UsersController extends AppController{
//...
function beforeFilter(){
parent::beforeFilter();
$this->Auth->autoRedirect = FALSE;
}
function login(){
if( !(empty($this->data)) && $this->Auth->user() ){
//...
}else{
//If useR didnt/cant login redirect to register
$this->redirect(array('controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'register'));
// Or if you have routes setup for /register
$this->redirect('/register');
}
}
Hopefully this helps you out. If not I will try some things later and repost
}

Answer 2

If you add code examples, we might be able to better help you.
It sounds like you have one of the two issues:
You have forms or submit buttons with the same ID's or names.
Your forms are posting to the same place.

Answer 3

When the login fails, are you really redirected to /user/login ? Or is the login form action url always pointing to the /user/login page, meaning that if the login fails, you just stay on this page because you are already on it when you check the credential ?
If I'm right, you could obtain what you want by checking the referer in the /user/login action when the login fails and in this case redirect to /user/register if the referer is /user/register.

Answer 4

Turn of autoRedirect in beforeFilter and redirect manually
function beforeFilter()
{
parent::beforeFilter();
$this->Auth->autoRedirect = false;
}
function login()
{
if ($this->RequestHandler->isPost()
{
if ($this->Auth->user()
{
$this->redirect($this->Auth->redirect());
}
else
{
$this->redirect('/users/register');
}
}
// ...
}