Hashing passwords and AuthComponent - hash

Question

I'm trying to login in my CakePHP 2.0 application but I always get the login error.
In the official documentation and the tutorial I've read how to hash the passwords, but I still get the login error, here is how I did it:
// Users Model
public function beforeSave ($options = array ()) {
$this->data['User']['password'] = AuthComponent::password($this->data['User']['password']);
return true;
}
// Users Controller
public $components = array ('Acl', 'Session',
'Auth' => array (
'authenticate' => array (
// login e logout sono di default i seguenti controller e views
// 'loginRedirect' => array ('controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'login'),
// 'logoutRedirect' => array ('controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'logout'),
'Form' => array (
'fields' => array (
// il valore default
'username' => 'email'
),
'scope' => array (
'User.active' => 1
)
)
),
'authError' => 'Login error message I get'
));
public function login () {
if ($this->request->is('post')) { // if the request came from post data and not via http (useful for security)
// the password is hashed in User Model in beforeSave method as read on documentation
// debug ($this->data);
if ($this->Auth->login()) {
$id = $this->Auth->user('id');
return $this->redirect(array('controller'=>'users', 'action'=>$id, $this->Auth->user('username')));
} else {
$this->Session->setFlash('Login error message', 'default', array(), 'auth');
}
}
}
In the view I have this:
// the view login.ctp
echo $this->Form->text('User.email', array('id'=>'email', 'value'=>'your#email.com'));
echo $this->Form->password('User.password', array('id'=>'password', 'value'=>'password'));
If I try to debug the data I get this:
// in the controller
debug($this->data);
// in the view
Array
(
[User] => Array
(
[email] => the#email.com
[password] => thepass // not hashed
)
)
I can't login because I get always the Login error message. How can I fix it?

Answer 1

Vitto,
(1) Which error message is displayed?
(2) Just for the record, be sure sessionFlash is printed at layout!
echo $this->Layout->sessionFlash();
(3) How did you set your Auth component? For example, in my AppController I've set this way:
public $components = array(
'Session',
'Cookie',
'Acl',
/**
* Default is authorize option is ActionsAuthorize.
* In this case, system uses AclComponent to check for permissions on an action level.
* learn more: http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-libraries/components/authentication.html#authorization
*/
'Auth'=> array(
'authorize' => array(
'Actions' => array('actionPath' => 'controllers')
),
'authenticate' => array(
'Form' => array(
'fields' => array('username' => 'email', 'password' => 'password')
)
)
)
);
(4) Finally, I believe (must be sure) there is no need to manually hash password to perform login. At least, after correct configuration, this code works for me:
if ($this->request->is('post')) {
if ($this->Auth->login()) {
// recirect stuffs