CakePHP Authcomponent session expires after using SSL unforce method
cakephp, cakephp-2.0, ssl
Solution
Code in AppController class :
function beforeFilter() {
parent::beforeFilter();
$this->_setupSecurity();}
function _setupSecurity() {
$this->Security->blackHoleCallback = '_badRequest';
if(Configure::read('forceSSL')) {
$this->Security->requireSecure('*'); }
}
/** * The main SecurityComponent callback. * Handles both missing SSL problems and general bad requests. */
function _badRequest() {
if(Configure::read('forceSSL') && !$this->RequestHandler->isSSL()) {
$this->_forceSSL();
} else {
$this->cakeError('error400');
}
exit;}
/** * Redirect to the same page, but with the https protocol and exit. */
function _forceSSL() {
$this->redirect('https://' . env('SERVER_NAME') . $this->here);
exit;
}
Follow this link: May be you get your solution..
https://stackoverflow.com/a/4473178/983624
Problem
I am using SSL for 5 pages while during registration https://www.example.com/step1 https://www.example.com/step2 https://www.example.com/step3 - Auth component login https://www.example.com/step4 https://www.example.com/step5 After step 3, I am creating a Session of the user using Auth Component which automatically logs the user in by Auth component. However, after step 5, it will redirect to http://www.example.com/welcome I am using SSL component unforced method to change HTTPS to HTTP . Everything working fine but the problem is that once I reach the welcome page from step 5 (HTTPS) my auth component session expires. I have tried to debug it, but could not find any solution. Please note that without HTTPS all steps and sessions are working fine.