how to find out my current user id in other page controller after i login?

Question

i am planing to set a permission on my event index page, which just allow certain user to view which had set when i add the event. After user click into my event, the event cont

Answer 1

The recommended approach for getting logged in user data is via the AuthComponent itself:

// in any controller
$userId = $this->Auth->user('id');

See Accessing the logged in user in the Auth section of the CakePHP Book.