DigestAuthComponent Class Info:

Class Declaration:

class DigestAuthComponent extends Object

File name:
app/controllers/components/digest_auth.php
Description:

Class Inheritance

Object

Properties:

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  • _authData

  • _authHdr

  • components

  • controller

  • preferedSchema

    Prefered schema */

  • realm

  • validSchemas

    Supported schemas. Implemented schemas are basic and digest */

__addBasicRequestHeader

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Method defined in:
app/controllers/components/digest_auth.php on line 65

__addDigestRequestHeader

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Add authentication header to the response. The session keeps a login counter. If more than 3 logins where done, it denies the access by omitting the authentication header */

Method defined in:
app/controllers/components/digest_auth.php on line 73

authenticate

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Authenticate a user by HTTP Authentication as described in RFC 2617 @param required If true an authentication is required. If the

Parameters:
  • $required optional true

Method defined in:
app/controllers/components/digest_auth.php on line 319
Return

True if the authentication was successful. true, the authentication is force and will redirect the request with authentication information. In this case, the function will not return on unsuccessful authentication. */

cakeError

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Used to report user friendly errors. If there is a file app/error.php or app/app_error.php this file will be loaded error.php is the AppError class it should extend ErrorHandler class.

Parameters:
  • string $method required

    Method to be called in the error class (AppError or ErrorHandler classes)

  • array $messages optional array ( )

    Message that is to be displayed by the error class

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 187
Return

error message

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public

__checkBasicHeader

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Method defined in:
app/controllers/components/digest_auth.php on line 155

__checkBasicUser

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Method defined in:
app/controllers/components/digest_auth.php on line 176

__checkDigestHeader

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Parse the http authorization header and checks for all required fields.

Method defined in:
app/controllers/components/digest_auth.php on line 206

__checkDigestUser

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Method defined in:
app/controllers/components/digest_auth.php on line 286

__checkSession

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Checks the session to be active and validates the request counter. If the session is not alive or the request counter was already used, an unauthorized response is thrown

Method defined in:
app/controllers/components/digest_auth.php on line 254

__checkUri

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Method defined in:
app/controllers/components/digest_auth.php on line 230

__construct

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Class constructor, overridden in descendant classes.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 54

decline

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Decline the client connection */

Method defined in:
app/controllers/components/digest_auth.php on line 105

dispatchMethod

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Calls a method on this object with the given parameters. Provides an OO wrapper for call_user_func_array

Parameters:
  • string $method required

    Name of the method to call

  • array $params optional array ( )

    Parameter list to use when calling $method

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 107
Return

mixed Returns the result of the method call

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public

__fixWindowsUsername

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Method defined in:
app/controllers/components/digest_auth.php on line 40

__getAuthHeader

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Returns the authorization header. It tryies to fetch the HTTP authorization header from the apache header, from _SERVER[HTTP_AUTHORIZATION] variable or from _SERVER[PHP_AUTH_DIGEST]. If no header information is available, it returns false @return HTTP authorization header. False if no header was found */

Method defined in:
app/controllers/components/digest_auth.php on line 114
Return

HTTP authorization header. False if no header was found */

__getAuthSchema

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Method defined in:
app/controllers/components/digest_auth.php on line 134

log

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Convience method to write a message to CakeLog. See CakeLog::write() for more information on writing to logs.

Parameters:
  • string $msg required

    Log message

  • integer $type optional 2

    Error type constant. Defined in app/config/core.php.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 148
Return

boolean Success of log write

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public

Object

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A hack to support __construct() on PHP 4 Hint: descendant classes have no PHP4 class_name() constructors, so this constructor gets called first and calls the top-layer __construct() which (if present) should call parent::__construct()

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 43
Return

Object

__openPersistent

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Open the persistent class file for reading Used by Object::_persist()

Parameters:
  • string $name required

    Name of persisted class

  • string $type optional NULL

    Type of persistance (e.g: registry)

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 268
Return

void

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private

_persist

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Checks for a persistent class file, if found file is opened and true returned If file is not found a file is created and false returned If used in other locations of the model you should choose a unique name for the persistent file There are many uses for this method, see manual for examples

Parameters:
  • string $name required

    name of the class to persist

  • $return required

  • string $object required

    the object to persist

  • $type optional NULL

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 218
Return

boolean Success

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Todo

add examples to manual

requestAction

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Calls a controller's method from any location. Can be used to connect controllers together or tie plugins into a main application. requestAction can be used to return rendered views or fetch the return value from controller actions.

Parameters:
  • mixed $url required

    String or array-based url.

  • array $extra optional array ( )

    if array includes the key "return" it sets the AutoRender to true.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 80
Return

mixed Boolean true or false on success/failure, or contents of rendered action if 'return' is set in $extra.

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public

requestAuthentication

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Request the client for authentication. The given authentication schema depends on the preferedSchema property */

Method defined in:
app/controllers/components/digest_auth.php on line 95

_savePersistent

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You should choose a unique name for the persistent file

There are many uses for this method, see manual for examples

Parameters:
  • string $name required

    name used for object to cache

  • object $object required

    the object to persist

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 247
Return

boolean true on save, throws error if file can not be created

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protected

_set

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Allows setting of multiple properties of the object in a single line of code. Will only set properties that are part of a class declaration.

Parameters:
  • array $properties optional array ( )

    An associative array containing properties and corresponding values.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 166
Return

void

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protected

startup

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Parameters:
  • $controller required

Method defined in:
app/controllers/components/digest_auth.php on line 36

_stop

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Stop execution of the current script. Wraps exit() making testing easier.

Parameters:
  • $status optional 0

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 135
Return

void

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public

toString

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Object-to-string conversion. Each class can override this method as necessary.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 64
Return

string The name of this class

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__writeUserData

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Parameters:
  • $user required

Method defined in:
app/controllers/components/digest_auth.php on line 57