Hi. This isn't really an 'issue' so much as a query. I have, I think, followed the instructions for getting this set up, and if I put breakpoints in the FootprintListener and FootprintAwareTrait I can see the User data being set where it seems to need to be, however when it then reaches the beforeSave in the FootprintBehavior, $options doesn't seem to contain any data pertaining to the user.

My Table's initialise:

$this->addBehavior('Muffin/Footprint.Footprint', [
    'events' => [
        'Model.beforeSave' => [
            'created_by' => 'new',
            'modified_by' => 'always',
        ]
    ]
]);

The $options variable in the FootprintBehavior's beforeSave():

ArrayObject::__set_state(array(
   'atomic' => true,
   'associated' => 
  array (
    'characters' => 
    array (
    ),
    'createduser' => 
    array (
    ),
    'modifyuser' => 
    array (
    ),
  ),
   'checkRules' => true,
   'checkExisting' => true,
   '_primary' => true,
))

My full AppController My full XpTable

In the case we are more than one authentication method (in my case : Form and ADmad/JwtAuth.Jwt ).

then noticed that the $options['_footprint']['id'] is not accessible from and I have to use $options['_footprint'][0]['id']

object(Cake\ORM\Entity)[228]
  protected '_properties' => 
    array (size=2)
      0 => 
        array (size=14)
          'id' => string 'e666e197-74d3-4d6c-9ae1-2be9eab76349' (length=36)
          'full_name' => string 'aaa' (length=5)
          'username' => string 'aaa' (length=10)
          'email' => string '[email protected]' (length=20)
          'email_token' => null
          'email_verified' => boolean true
          'email_token_expires' => null
          'active' => boolean true
          'password_token' => null
          'password_token_expires' => null
          'role' => string 'ADMIN' (length=5)
          'last_login' => null
          'created' => 
            object(Cake\I18n\Time)[216]
              ...
          'modified' => 
            object(Cake\I18n\Time)[219]
              ...
      1 => 
        object(ADmad\JwtAuth\Auth\JwtAuthenticate)[140]
          protected '_token' => string 'eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJlNjY2ZTE5Ny03NGQzLTRkNmMtOWFlMS0yYmU5ZWFiNzYzNDkiLCJleHAiOjE0NjM0ODY4NTl9.3OOTe8UHrLIjR-VzG8w8EI3CKoU1fMHXxC-nuwh5mi0' (length=165)
          protected '_payload' => 
            object(stdClass)[139]
              ...
          protected '_error' => null
          protected '_defaultConfig' => 
            array (size=6)
              ...
          protected '_registry' => 
            object(Cake\Controller\ComponentRegistry)[103]
              ...
          protected '_passwordHasher' => null
          protected '_needsPasswordRehash' => boolean false
          protected '_config' => 
            array (size=13)
              ...
          protected '_configInitialized' => boolean true
  protected '_original' => 
    array (size=0)
      empty
  protected '_hidden' => 
    array (size=0)
      empty
  protected '_virtual' => 
    array (size=0)
      empty
  protected '_className' => null
  protected '_dirty' => 
    array (size=2)
      0 => boolean true
      1 => boolean true
  protected '_new' => boolean true
  protected '_errors' => 
    array (size=0)
      empty
  protected '_invalid' => 
    array (size=0)
      empty
  protected '_accessible' => 
    array (size=2)
      '*' => boolean true
      'id' => boolean true
  protected '_registryAlias' => string 'Users' (length=5)

Following is in my composer.json for context:

 "require": {
   "php": ">=5.5.9",
   "cakephp/cakephp": "3.3.*",
   "mobiledetect/mobiledetectlib": "2.*",
   "cakephp/migrations": "~1.0",
   "cakephp/plugin-installer": "*",
   "friendsofcake/crud": "^4.3",
   "friendsofcake/search": "^2.3",
   "friendsofcake/crud-view": "^0.3.3",
   "friendsofcake/crud-users": "^0.2.0",
   "cakedc/users": "^3.2",
   "maiconpinto/cakephp-adminlte-theme": "^1.0",
   "muffin/footprint": "dev-master"
 },
   "require-dev": {
   "psy/psysh": "@stable",
   "cakephp/debug_kit": "~3.2",
   "cakephp/bake": "~1.1"
 }

When I enable the footprint plugin in my posts model:

$this->addBehavior('Muffin/Footprint.Footprint', [
  'events' => [
    'Model.beforeSave' => [
      'user_id' => 'new',
      'edit_user_id' => 'new',
      'username' => 'new',
    ]
  ],
]);

I have associations between PostsTable (belongsTo('Users')), UsersTable (hasMany('Posts')). When I enable this plugin it throws an error that posts is not associated with users. If I disable the plugin I am able to create a post with the logged in user. I have tried to identify the exact error but so far nothing specific has come up.

Thoughts? Thanks again, great plugin so far, been using it for a while now on a few projects this is definitely new.

A problem was occurring when models that have Footprint behaviour were initialised in component, before Footprint Model.initialize listener was getting set.

With Cake 3.3.3 the following is included in our setUp() - and that puts content in the '_footprint' key in the table's $options array - but 3.3.4 and 3.3.5 this array is null :-/

use Muffin\Footprint\Event\FootprintListener;

//

    public function setUp()
    {
        parent::setUp();

        // put the login logic here instead in each function
        // Set session data
        $this->session([
            'Auth' => [
                'User' => [ /**/ ],
                    'language' => [
                        'short_code' => 'en_US',
                        'currency_id' => '83e0e78d-115e-423f-82dc-cf3f9da37b3d',
                    ],
                ],
            ],
        ]);
        $this->listener = new FootprintListener();
    }

I have split my application into plugins .

Im trying to use Footprint and I have the following setup:

• I have FootprintAwareTrait called inside src/Controller/AppController
• I have my Tables and Models in src and Controllers and Templates in plugins/Foo.

The above setup didn't work.

So I left FootprintAwareTrait; inside src/Controller/AppController and tried to move some stuff around:

• Moved everything in src - WORKED
• Moved everything in plugins/MyPluginName - WORKED

But I still want to have Tables and Models in src and Controllers and Templates in plugins/Foo, so any ideas if it's possible to use the Footprintplugin in that case ?

I have managed to reproduce that in a new project and made a repo.

Using CakePHP4 Please, review the "Usage" readme secction. I'm unable to get it working correctly. Every fail (including Missing controller or action) end with: "You must have AuthenticationComponent or AuthComponent loaded to use Footprint"

`use Muffin\Footprint\Auth\FootprintAwareTrait;

class AppController extends Controller { use FootprintAwareTrait;

// Specify the user model if required. Defaults to "Users".
$this->_userModel = 'YourPlugin.Members';//<-- Cannot use $this out of function

}`

Its working fine with cakephp 3.5 till user is login. but how to set NULL (not 0) for not login users.

In simple words how to save fields (created_by, modified_by) with NULL not the 0.

This is the case where user can fill form with or without login and system need to track user if it is login else it should enter NULL (not zero).

Right now rules cannot make use of the information provided by the FootprintBehavior, as it is injected after the rules checking step.

However rules might need to check on it. Usage example:

Records can be locked for editing by a user. The rule ensures that the modifying user is the one holding the lock, if there is any (by comparing modifiedby in the entity with lockedby in the database).

I don't know the design decision to use beforeSave, but I would assume beforeRules is the better place in general. As the rules check the consistency of the entity and the user data might play part in it.

I volunteer to do a PR that enables Model.beforeRules next to Model.beforeSave.

This is a (multiple allowed):

• [x] bug

• [ ] enhancement

• [ ] feature-discussion (RFC)

• CakePHP Version: 3.9.7

• Platform and Target: nginx,mysql,debian buster

What you did

composer update cakephp updating to 3.9.7

What happened

after updating cakephp, the muffin/footprint (v1.2.2) throws a 500.

What you expected to happen

geting the user from the muffin/footprint plugin

https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/issues/15377

This should enable the correct loading of the plugin, long term and to preempt the warning coming in 4.2. See discussion on CakePHP/CakePHP 4.1.2 bug fix in the long term. CakePHP #14891