Cakephp 2.5.2 Auth always returns false - authentication

Question

The Auth is returning false. Hashed password matches the hashed password in database, but still returns false.
Here is the model:
App::uses('AppModel', 'Model');
class User extends AppModel {
public $validate = array(
'username' => array(
'notEmpty' => array(
'rule' => array('notEmpty'),
//'message' => 'Your custom message here',
//'allowEmpty' => false,
//'required' => false,
//'last' => false, // Stop validation after this rule
//'on' => 'create', // Limit validation to 'create' or 'update' operations
),
),
'password' => array(
'notEmpty' => array(
'rule' => array('notEmpty'),
//'message' => 'Your custom message here',
//'allowEmpty' => false,
//'required' => false,
//'last' => false, // Stop validation after this rule
//'on' => 'create', // Limit validation to 'create' or 'update' operations
),
),
);
public function beforeSave($options = array()) {
if (isset($this->data[$this->alias]['password'])) {
$this->data[$this->alias]['password'] =AuthComponent::password($this->data[$this->alias]['password']);
;
}
return true;
}
}
Here is the AppController:
class AppController extends Controller {
public $components = array(
'Session',
'Auth' => array(
'authenticate' => array(
'Form' => array(
)
),
'loginAction'=>array(
'controller'=>'users',
'action'=>'login'
),
'loginRedirect' => array(
'controller' => 'references',
'action' => 'admin_index'
),
'logoutRedirect' => array(
'controller' => 'home',
'action' => 'index',
'home'
)
)
);
public function beforeFilter() {
$this->Auth->allow('index', 'view');
}
}
Here is the UsersController:
public function login(){
var_dump($this->Auth->login());die;
if ($this->request->is('post')) {
if ($this->Auth->login()) {
return $this->redirect(array('controller'=>'references', 'action'=>'admin_index'));
}
$this->Session->setFlash(__('Invalid username or password, try again'));
}
}
And the view :
<div class="users form">
<?php echo $this->Session->flash('auth'); ?>
<?php echo $this->Form->create('User',array('action'=>'login')); ?>
<fieldset>
<legend>
<?php echo __('Please enter your username and password'); ?>
</legend>
<?php echo $this->Form->input('username');
echo $this->Form->input('password');
?>
</fieldset>
<?php echo $this->Form->end(__('Login')); ?>
</div>
I have tried using BlowFish but its not working, so I switched to Auth default hashing and the hashes when creating user and then loging in match so the hashing is working fine. I dont get what the problem is, so please help.

Answer 1

after a half an hour i tried again and now its working. Who knows what was the problem. Anyway, thanks for reading and post answers if you find any issue in code above. Thanks!