16.5. Adding UserController

The UserController class will contain several action methods providing an administrative user interface for managing the registered users. It will have the following actions:

• The indexAction() action will display a web page containing the list of users (see figure 16.3). Type "http://localhost/users" in your web browser's navigation bar to access this page.
• The addAction() will display a page allowing the creation of a new user (see figure 16.4). Type "http://localhost/users/add" in your web browser's navigation bar to access this page.
• The editAction() action will display a page for updating an existing user (see figure 16.5). Type "http://localhost/users/edit/<id>" in your web browser's navigation bar to access this page.
• The viewAction() will allow viewing an existing user (see figure 16.6). Type "http://localhost/users/view/<id>" in your web browser's navigation bar to access this page.
• The changePasswordAction() action will give the admin the ability to change the password of an existing user (see figure 16.7). Type "http://localhost/users/changePassword/<id>" in your web browser's navigation bar to access this page.
• The resetPasswordAction() action will allow a user to reset his own password (see figure 16.8). Type "http://localhost/reset-password" in your web browser's navigation bar to access this page.

Figure 16.3 The page allowing to see the list of users

Figure 16.4 Add a new user

Figure 16.5 Editing an existing user

Figure 16.6 User profile

Figure 16.7 Change user's password

Figure 16.8 Reset password page

The UserController controller class is designed to be as "thin" as possible. It contains only the code responsible for checking input data, instantiating the needed models, passing input data to the models and returning the output data for rendering in a view template. Because it is a typical controller class and because you can see its complete code in the User Demo sample, we will not describe it here in more detail.