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CakePHP’s security component is awesome. I use it all the time for its CSRF protection (Which will be the subject of a future post).

But sometimes, it does not work as expected. Frustration ensues.

In one of my projects, I have a form with a few text areas on it. The user uses this form to create or edit a story. After adding the security component to the controller, I noticed that when the user submits …