Add timestamps to teh user since its also an entity, and test the login. Add a redirect helper for the responses.

app/db/migrations/20241122022752_add_time_stamps_to_users.php

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ final class AddTimeStampsToUsers extends AbstractMigration
      */
     public function change(): void
     {
-
+        $table = $this->table("users")->addTimestamps();
+        $table->update();
     }
 }

app/src/Controller/Controller.php

@@ -58,6 +58,19 @@ abstract class Controller
                     ->withHeader('Content-Type', 'text/html');
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Redirect helper for sending the client elsewhere.
+     *
+     * @param string $route The route to redirect doe
+     * @param int $code Default `301`, the code to respond with
+     */
+    public function redirect(string $route, int $code = 301): Response
+    {
+        return $this->response
+                    ->withHeader('Location', $route)
+                    ->withStatus($code);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param string $html The raw Twig HTML to render
      * @param array $data The data to injext into the HTML

app/src/Controller/User/LoginUserAction.php

@@ -35,6 +35,6 @@ class LoginUserAction extends Controller
 
         // start the session
         $this->session->set('user', [ 'id' => $user->getId(), 'authenticated' => true ]);
-        return $this->render('dashboard.twig', [ 'logged_in' => true ]);
+        return $this->redirect('/dashboard', 302);
     }
 }