Authenticating with email address in CakePHP v2.0

Question

Okies this question is similar to one I have asked recently on Stack Overflow, but I\'m basically just using the code from the CakePHP Book rather than my own code to try and un

Answer 1

This is the best implementation I found: http://bin.cakephp.org/view/1831131032

I like how some of the logic has been moved into the Model and clears up the Controller logic and makes it more MVC. Hopefully this will help others.

Answer 2

Though id added it in UsersController (not in AppController), but this worked for me for email as username:

public $components = array('Auth');

//beforeFilter in UsersController
function beforeFilter() {
   parent::beforeFilter();
        $this->Auth->loginAction = array('controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'login');
        $this->Auth->authenticate = array(
            'Form' => array(                
                'fields' => array('username' => 'email')
            )
        );
}

Hope it helps in some way