redirect in cakephp ssl site routes to http not https

Question

I have developed a cakephp site that should use ssl for all pages. It works as expected except when I use redirect in a controller it redirects to http: //subdomain.domain.c

Answer 1

Its example is already mentioned in the CookBook http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-libraries/components/security-component.html#usage

class AppController extends Controller {
    // Add security component
    public $components = array('Security');

    public function beforeFilter() {
        $this->Security->blackHoleCallback = 'forceSSL';
        $this->Security->requireSecure();
    }

    // Add this function in your AppController
    public function forceSSL() {
        return $this->redirect('https://' . env('SERVER_NAME') . $this->here);
    }
}