I'm writing a PHP web application on Laravel 4 that does user authentication with my university's CAS (Central Authentication Server). I am using this package to do the CAS authentication: http://packalyst.com/packages/package/xavrsl/cas
Here is my configuration file for the CAS authentication: CAS Config
Here is my 'User' model that is referenced in the CAS Config: User Model
My current problem is actually checking the authentication itself after the user has logged in (using a simple check, if isAuthenticated() echo "Authenticated"). Laravel throws this error when trying to use the isAuthenticated function: Laravel Error and Exception thrown.
Background about how the authentication should work: Since no passwords are stored in the application database (just in the CAS), I'm planning on checking the authentication via CAS, and then associating their ULID (university username) with a permission setting using the Entrust package (Entrust).
Is this a feasible way to do the authentication and then control user permissions? Normally user authentication and permissions wouldn't be such a problem for me, but adding CAS into the equation is just making this a bit tough, especially with me being new to Laravel.
