CakeAuth plugin for CakePHP

This is part of Code Advent 2016

Installation

You can install this plugin into your CakePHP application using composer.

The recommended way to install composer packages is:

composer require jdmaymeow/cake-auth

Load plugin

bin/cake plugin load CakeAuth -r

Configure

To AppController Initialize add

$this->loadComponent('Auth', [
            'authorize' => ['Controller'], // Added this line
            'loginRedirect' => [
                'controller' => 'Links',
                'action' => 'index'
            ],
            'logoutRedirect' => [
                'controller' => 'Users',
                'action' => 'login',
                'home'
            ]
        ]);

Add after initialize function into main APpControler

public function beforeFilter(Event $event)
    {
        $this->Auth->allow(['index', 'view', 'display']);
    }

public function isAuthorized($user)
    {
        // Admin can access every action
        if (isset($user['role']) && $user['role'] === 'admin') {
            return true;
        }

        // Default deny
        return false;
    }

Standard Configuration

Allowed actions

Role	Login	Logout	Index	Add	Edit	View	Delete	Display
Author	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Admin	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes