I use setState in Yii but i also get Property "CWebUser.depId" is not defined

Question

i want to return the value dep_id from table user to use it so setState is supposed to return it like (Yii::app()->user->depId) but when i use it i get -- "CWebUser.depId" is not defined. i searched and i dont know what to do and i need a quick answer this is my example:

private $_id;
//private $_dep_id;
public function authenticate()
{
    $user=User::model()->find('LOWER(username)=?',array(strtolower($this->username)));
    if($user===null)
        $this->errorCode=self::ERROR_USERNAME_INVALID;
    else if(!$user->validatePassword($this->password))
        $this->errorCode=self::ERROR_PASSWORD_INVALID;
    else
    {
        $this->_id=$user->id;
        $this->setState('depId',$user->dep_id);            
        $this->username=$user->username;
        $this->setState('lastLogin', date("m/d/y g:i A", strtotime($user->last_login_time)));
        $user->saveAttributes(array('last_login_time'=>date("Y-m-d H:i:s", time())));
        $this->errorCode=self::ERROR_NONE;
    }
    return $this->errorCode==self::ERROR_NONE;
}
public function getId()
{
    return $this->_id;
}

and then i get this

Property "CWebUser.depId" is not defined.

what is the problem here ?!

Answer 1

You have to be authenticated user to use that variable on above scenario because it is restricted for authenticated users.