houseoftech / cakephp-acl-manager
AclManager for CakePHP 2.x
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Type:cakephp-plugin
pkg:composer/houseoftech/cakephp-acl-manager
Requires
- php: >=5.2.8
 - composer/installers: *
 
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Last update: 2025-10-21 04:55:57 UTC
README
This plugins allows you to easily manage your permissions in CakePHP 2.x through the Acl module.
Features
- Managing permissions for each node
 - Updating Database with missing AROs (Users, Roles, ...)
 - Updating Database with missing ACOs (Controller actions)
 - Revoking all permissions
 
Requirements
- CakePHP 2.x
 
How to install
1. Set up your Acl environment
- Install SQL tables through Cake Console
 - parentNode() method on your requester models
 
See: CakePHP: Simple ACL Controlled Application
2. Configure Auth in your AppController
It should look something like this:
var $components = array('Auth', 'Acl', 'Session'); function beforeFilter() { //Configure AuthComponent $this->Auth->authorize = array( 'Controller', 'Actions' => array('actionPath' => 'controllers') ); $this->Auth->authenticate = array( 'Form' => array( 'fields' => array( 'username' => 'login', 'password' => 'password' ) ) ); $this->Auth->loginAction = array( 'controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'login', 'admin' => false, 'plugin' => false ); $this->Auth->logoutRedirect = array( 'controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'login', 'admin' => false, 'plugin' => false ); $this->Auth->loginRedirect = array( 'controller' => 'products', 'action' => 'index', 'admin' => false, 'plugin' => false ); } function isAuthorized($user) { // return false; return $this->Auth->loggedIn(); }
3. Download AclManager
Manually
Download the stable branch (https://github.com/houseoftech/cakephp-acl-manager/archive/stable.zip) and paste the content in your app/Plugin/ directory.
With Composer
- Install composer in the 
app/folder of your project. - Add 
"houseoftech/cakephp-acl-manager": "stable"to yourrequirekey in yourcomposer.jsonfile. (More about this) - Run 
php composer.phar installto install the plugin. 
4. Configure the plugin
See AclManager/Config/bootstrap.php
AclManager.aros : write in there your requester models aliases (the order is important)
5. Enable the plugin
In app/Config/bootstrap.php
CakePlugin::load('AclManager', array('bootstrap' => true));
6. Login with an existing user
The plugin conflicts with $this->Auth->allow(), do not use it. Just make sure that you are logged in.
7. Access the plugin at /acl_manager/acl
- Update your AROs and ACOs
 - Set up your permissions (do not forget to enable your own public actions!)
 
8. Disable the authorizer Controller
Or uncomment return false in AppController::isAuthorized()
9. You're done!
Enjoy!
Licence
Licensed under the MIT License