Validation Errors not showing - validation

Question

I am trying to validate a user when they register to my application. Nothing is getting set to validationErrors, which is strange can anyone help me out?
Here is my MembersController
<?php
class MembersController extends AppController {
var $name = 'Members';
var $components = array('RequestHandler','Uploader.Uploader');
function beforeFilter() {
parent::beforeFilter();
$this->layout = 'area';
$this->Auth->allow('register');
$this->Auth->loginRedirect = array('controller' => 'members', 'action' => 'dashboard');
$this->Uploader->uploadDir = 'files/avatars/';
$this->Uploader->maxFileSize = '2M';
}
function login() {}
function logout() {
$this->redirect($this->Auth->logout());
}
function register() {
if ($this->data) {
if ($this->data['Member']['psword'] == $this->Auth->password($this->data['Member']['psword_confirm'])) {
$this->Member->create();
if ($this->Member->save($this->data)) {
$this->Auth->login($this->data);
$this->redirect(array('action' => 'dashboard'));
} else {
$this->Session->setFlash(__('Account could not be created', true));
$this->redirect(array('action' => 'login'));
pr($this->Member->invalidFields());
}
}
}
}
}
?>
Member Model
<?php
class Member extends AppModel {
var $name = 'Member';
var $actsAs = array('Searchable');
var $validate = array(
'first_name' => array(
'rule' => 'alphaNumeric',
'required' => true,
'allowEmpty' => false,
'message' => 'Please enter your first name'
),
'last_name' => array(
'rule' => 'alphaNumeric',
'required' => true,
'allowEmpty' => false,
'message' => "Please enter your last name"
),
'email_address' => array(
'loginRule-1' => array(
'rule' => 'email',
'message' => 'please enter a valid email address',
'last' => true
),
'loginRule-2' => array(
'rule' => 'isUnique',
'message' => 'It looks like that email has been used before'
)
),
'psword' => array(
'rule' => array('minLength',8),
'required' => true,
'allowEmpty' => false,
'message' => 'Please enter a password with a minimum lenght of 8 characters.'
)
);
var $hasOne = array('Avatar');
var $hasMany = array(
'Favourite' => array(
'className' => 'Favourite',
'foreignKey' => 'member_id',
'dependent' => false
),
'Friend' => array(
'className' => 'Friend',
'foreignKey' => 'member_id',
'dependent' => false
),
'Guestbook' => array(
'className' => 'Guestbook',
'foreignKey' => 'member_id',
'dependent' => false
),
'Accommodation'
);
var $hasAndBelongsToMany = array('Interest' => array(
'fields' => array('id','interest')
)
);
function beforeSave($options = array()) {
parent::beforeSave();
if (isset($this->data[$this->alias]['interests']) && !empty($this->data[$this->alias]['interests'])) {
$tagIds = $this->Interest->saveMemberInterests($this->data[$this->alias]['interests']);
unset($this->data[$this->alias]['interests']);
$this->data[$this->Interest->alias][$this->Interest->alias] = $tagIds;
}
$this->data['Member']['first_name'] = Inflector::humanize($this->data['Member']['first_name']);
$this->data['Member']['last_name'] = Inflector::humanize($this->data['Member']['last_name']);
return true;
}
}
?>
login.ctp
<div id="login-form" class="round">
<h2>Sign In</h2>
<?php echo $form->create('Member', array('action' => 'login')); ?>
<?php echo $form->input('email_address',array('class' => 'login-text',
'label' => array('class' => 'login-label')
));?>
<?php echo $form->input('psword' ,array('class' => 'login-text',
'label' => array('class' => 'login-label','text' => 'Password')
))?>
<?php echo $form->end('Sign In');?>
</div>
<div id="signup-form" class="round">
<h2>Don't have an account yet?</h2>
<?php echo $form->create('Member', array('action' => 'register')); ?>
<?php echo $form->input('first_name',array('class' => 'login-text',
'label' => array('class' => 'login-label')
));?>
<?php echo $form->input('last_name',array('class' => 'login-text',
'label' => array('class' => 'login-label')
));?>
<?php echo $form->input('email_address',array('class' => 'login-text',
'label' => array('class' => 'login-label')
));?>
<?php echo $form->input('psword' ,array('class' => 'login-text',
'label' => array('class' => 'login-label','text' => 'Password')
))?>
<?php echo $form->input('psword_confirm' ,array('class' => 'login-text',
'label' => array('class' => 'login-label','text' => 'Confirm'),
'div' => array('style' => ''),
'type' => 'password'
))?>
<?php echo $form->end('Sign In');?>
</div>

Answer 1

I believe your problem is here:
$this->redirect(array('action' => 'login'));
pr($this->Member->invalidFields());
The validation errors are designed to show on the form, underneath the appropriate field. However, instead of continuing and trying to display the form, you are redirecting the user to a different page.
If you remove the two lines above, it should show the validation errors beneath their fields on the form when the validation fails.