public function registerAction() { $request = $this->getRequest(); $data = $this->getFormFields('register'); if ($request->isMethod('POST')) { $data = $request->all(); $userModel = new UserModel($this->getDatabase()); $user = $userModel->findByName($request->getPost('username')); if ($user) { // the username is taken $data['error'] = 'The username has been taken, please choose different one'; } else { // the username is available, register a new user $user = $request->all(); $user['id'] = $userModel->addUser($user); $this->getSession()->set('user', $user); $this->redirect('/welcome'); } } return $this->render('register', $data); }