Custom Admin Login Form [Form_Key Error]

Question

I have located the problem precisely but I don't know how to solve it.

When I'm on my custom cms page with my new admin login form, Magento gives me a different key_form than my default admin login page.

So when I try to login with my custom form, Magento redirects me to my default admin login page and warns me with the following message Invalid Form Key. Please refresh the page.

My Frontend Custom CMS Admin Login Page:

<input name="form_key" value="cbzRGF9ccU8Ac8Ib"/>

My Backend Default Admin Login Page:

<input name="form_key" value="B9O7srzwq7utjQ79"/>

How to generate a form_key on my custom Login page that will be the same as my default admin login form (www.website.com/admin).

Answer 1

You can use something like this to create a URL with a valid form key:

$path = "admin/sales_order"; $adminURL = Mage::helper("adminhtml")->getUrl($path);

Just change the variable path to the path you need in your admin panel.

I am assuming you already did that, but to access an admin URL you need to be logged in with a valid Magento Admin account. You can use this code to log in:

$adminUser = Mage::getModel('admin/user');
$username = "USERNAME";
$password = "PASSWORD";

if ($adminUser->authenticate($username, $password)){
    //Your actions if valid login
}