Redirecting if cookie doesn't exist

Rails
1

Hi all,

I cannot get this to work at all … it never does the redirect.

I have two authentication cookies set … Rails reads thier values fine
if
they exist

If they don’t exist, I want to redirect the user to the login page –
which
is not a rails controller/model …(single sign on location)

I figured I’d add the code to the application_helper … so that I could
reference it in all my views.

module ApplicationHelper

def ifLoggedIn()
useridcookie=cookies[:UserID]
usersessioncookie=cookies[:usersession]
if (!useridcookie)
redirect_to “http://loginpage.html”
end
if (!usersessioncookie)
redirect_to http://loginpage.html
end
end
end

in my view (list.rhtml), I call <% ifLoggedIn() %>
right at the top

Any help much appreciated!

–
Chris

2

Well, in the example you posted, you don’t have quotes around the second
“http://loginpage.html/”… though maybe that’s just a error in copying.

Other than that, maybe try some logging in there to see what’s
happening…

b

PS: Oh, one more thing… I think most people usually do their logged in
check in the ApplicationController (application.rb) and hook it up as a
before_filter for all their actions. That way you won’t have to put
ifLoggedIn in every single view.