Ive switched to using textarea and explode() and that is a lot nicer.
Will explode(" ", array) take care of tabs, spaces, new lines, etc...?How would i go about printing, or debugging the input from $form- >textarea(). Or just printing out what my explode returns. Sorry for the basic question i still havent learned to debug in cake On May 27, 9:12 am, [email protected] wrote: > Try to debug in your controller and post here what is displayed > > Kind Regards, > > Kevinhttp://codingexplorer.blogspot.com > PIN : 21AD562F > MSN : [email protected] > YM : yosef.kevin > Gtalk: yosef.kevin > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: euromark <[email protected]> > > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 08:01:16 > To: CakePHP<[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Creating an input list and parsing it > > the type should not be changed, either use input or textarea > after posting it you can process the string and explode() it into > pieces > then you can iterate over this result array and save all records > > On 26 Mai, 23:41, Schemer <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am trying create an input field, where the user would type a list of > > names. The inputs are eventually supposed to be parsed and saved into > > a data table. > > > Im having a couple of problems. > > First im not sure if im creating the input field correctly. In the > > view i have > > > echo $form->input('field',array('type'=>'array')); > > > If that works im stuck on how to go about parsing the input names. In > > the controller add() function i have a loop which basically traverses > > my 'field'. > > I get the input like this -- > > > $values = $this->data['Subject']['field']; --- and i guess im > > assuming this returns me a list of the input > > -- > Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video > Tutorialshttp://tv.cakephp.org > Check out the new CakePHP Questions sitehttp://ask.cakephp.organd help others > with their CakePHP related questions. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/cake-php -- Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php
