awesome, thanks finally working.
On Jan 4, 3:49 am, brian <bally.z...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 9:41 PM, mike <mwu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > ...
>
> > here is what I have in the view, which I don't think is correct:
>
> > <? echo $form->create('User', array('action'=>'add')); ?>
> > <? echo $form->input('User.Ethnicity', array( 'type' => 'select',
> > 'multiple' => 'checkbox' ),$ethnicities); ?>
>
> My bad. I forgot to mention the weird naming convention needed for HABTM:
>
> <? echo $form->input('Ethnicity.Ethnicity', array( 'type' => 'select',
> 'multiple' => 'checkbox' ),$ethnicities); ?>
>
> No, I don't understand why.
>
> > form the research I've done, I feel like the input fieldname should be
> > 'User.Ethnicity. .id' or something like that. However, anytime I add
> > the 'id' into the fieldname, the checkboxes don't get created in the
> > html anymore. here's how $ethnicities is populated in the controller,
> > if that matters:
>
> > $this->set('ethnicities',$this->Ethnicity->find('list', array('fields'
> > => array('id','ethnicityName'))));
>
> The only thing I see odd about that is it should be
>
> $this->User->Ethnicity->find(...
>
> It's the model, not the controller, that "has" the other model. Unless
> you've loaded the Ethnicity model in the controller (which likely
> isn't necessary).
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > the result right now is this:
>
> > [data] => Array
> > (
> > [User] => Array
> > (
> > [Ethnicity] => Array
> > (
> > [0] => 1
> > [1] => 3
> > [user_id] => 34
> > )
>
> > [age] => 50
> > [about_me] => sadfadfs
> > )
>
> > )
>
> > but my understanding is I need something like this:
> > [data] => Array
> > (
> > [User] => Array
> > (
> > [Ethnicity] => Array
> > (
> > [ethnicity_id] => 1
> > [user_id] => 34,
>
> > [ethnicity_id] => 2
> > [user_id] => 34
> > )
>
> > [age] => 50
> > [about_me] => sadfadfs
> > )
>
> > )
>
> It should look like this when it reaches your controller:
>
> [data] => Array
> (
> [User] => Array
> (
> [age] => 50
> [about_me] => sadfadfs
> ),
> [Ethnicity] => Array
> (
> [0] => 1
> [1] => 3
> )
> )
>
> Note there's only 1 'Ethnicity' key, in spite of the $form param. Go figure.
>
> > I've been trying different stuff in the controller, this is what I
> > have now:
> > function add() {
> > $this->User->create();
> > if(!empty($this->data)) {
> > if($this->User->save($this->data)) {
> > $this->data['User']['Ethnicity']['user_id'] =
> > $this->User-
> >>getLastInsertId();
> > $this->User->Ethnicity->save($this->data);
> > $this->Session->setFlash("User Saved!");
> > }
> > }
> > }
>
> Once the data is coming in properly, you should only need:
>
> function add()
> {
> if (!empty($this->data))
> {
> if ($this->User->save($this->data))
> {
> $this->Session->setFlash("User Saved!");
> }
> }
>
> $this->set(
> 'ethnicities',
> $this->User->Ethnicity->find(
> 'list',
> array(
> 'fields' => array(
> 'id','ethnicityName'
> )
> )
> )
> );
>
> }
>
> yahoo, eh ;-)- Hide quoted text -
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