Use joomla user table with cakephp

i have working joomla project 开发者_Python百科(domain.kz).

and i need to build new independent project on subdomain (newapp.domain.kz)

but i want to use joomla user table. (to let user auth with joomla logins)

• can i declare in user model the joomla jos_users fields
• is it possible to use 2 DB (old one for auth, the new one for new app)

Create a new database config in app/config/database.php, then create your model as normal:

var $joomla_connection = array('driver'      => 'mysql',
                     'persistent'  => false,
                     'host'        => 'localhost',
                     'login'       => 'root',
                     'password'    => 'password!',
                     'database'    => 'joomla_db',
                     'prefix'      => 'jos_'); // I think this is correct

class User extends AppModel {

    var $name = 'User';
    var $useDbConfig = 'joomla_connection';

    //your code here
    //....
}

you will might experience problems with Auth when you login with the "security_salt" and "cipher" from cake against the user login data, that are created through joomla.

if Joomla saves md5 encrypted passwords you can modify cakestandard encryption with this: change hash function - cake cookbook