CakePHP check if user is logged in inside a view

Question

I have the following code:

    Auth->user())
    {
        echo $this->element(\'header\');
    }
    else
    {
        e         


        

Answer 1

Try this

class AppController extends Controller{
    $this->user = false;

   public function beforeFilter(){
     $this->user = $this->Auth->user();
   }

   public function beforeRender(){
      $this->set('logged_user',$this->user);
   }
}

Now You can check $logged_user in the view as

if($logged_user){
  // users logged in $logged_user have all the details
}else{
  // not logged in
}

Answer 2

in cakephp 3 you can check authentication session in the view like this

if($this->request->Session()->read('Auth.User')){
//do when login
}
else{
 //do not login
}

Answer 3

//In the views (or layout)
$session->check('Auth.User.id');

//In controller
$this->Auth->User('id'); 

Answer 4

You don't need to do $this->set(compact('authUser')); only use this in View:

if ($this->Session->read('Auth.User')){
// do something 
}

Answer 5

As of CakePHP 2.x:

<?php if (AuthComponent::user('id')): ?>
   Logged in as <?= AuthComponent::user('name') ?>
<?php endif; ?>

Answer 6

This works in Cakephp 3+ (juts modify: "Auth.User.username" to suit your session data)

<?php

if (is_null($this->request->session()->read('Auth.User.username'))) {

    echo "....logged out";

} else {

    echo "You are Logged in As " . $this->request->session()->read('Auth.User.username'); 

}

?>