If your app is in Cake 2, it should handle array named parameters (what
you're trying to do with /brand[0]:Dell/brand[1]:Apple) by itself. Just
pass them as an actual array rather than building the url yourself, like
$this->Html->link('search', array(
'controller' => 'products',
'action' => 'search',
'brand' => array('Dell', 'Apple')
));
This will allow cake to generate the url for you. Otherwise, it will be
escaped which is where you get the url encoded characters (%7C, etc).
If you *need* to generate it yourself for some reason, you can prevent the
escaping by creating it with the Router and telling it not to escape:
Router::url('/products/search/brand[0]:Dell/brand[1]:Apple', array('escape'
=> false));
On Tuesday, April 17, 2012 2:42:28 AM UTC-7, Owlio wrote:
>
> >That is the proper name, because PHP sees that and creates an array with
> the values within that array. How else would you get multiple values for
> the same group?
>
> Ahh! This makes perfect sense, to be honest, I'm not sure why I didn't
> realise this was the case.
>
> >It sounds like the problem is that your search plugin is not expecting an
> array.
>
> You were correct that the search plugin wasn't expecting an array (it was
> expecting a simple value) I've altered this now to unpack the values when
> they're passed through to my action and it works. I still have an issue
> when selecting multiple values as the URL is formed badly - but I should be
> able to resolve this.
>
> >Just curious, how would you expect the URL to look to search for multiple
> brands?
>
> Now I understand this, I'd expect them to be displayed like
> .../brand[0]:Dell/brand[1]:Apple/. Currently (now I've tweaked the plugin)
> the values are separated with a pipe, for example /brand:Dell%7CApple but
> as I mentioned above, this causes problems as the search plugin is taking
> the value literally which obviously returns no results.
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
>
>
> On Monday, April 16, 2012 11:38:45 PM UTC+1, jeremyharris wrote:
>>
>> That is the proper name, because PHP sees that and creates an array with
>> the values within that array. How else would you get multiple values for
>> the same group?
>>
>> When you submit the form, for example, the data is populated like this:
>>
>> // $this->data
>> array(
>> 'Server' => array(
>> 'brand' => array('Dell', 'Apple')
>> )
>> );
>>
>> It sounds like the problem is that your search plugin is not expecting an
>> array. Perhaps you can a) modify the plugin to accept an array, or b)
>> modify how you pass the values in the URL to choose just the first one.
>>
>> Just curious, how would you expect the URL to look to search for multiple
>> brands?
>>
>> On Monday, April 16, 2012 4:48:04 AM UTC-7, Owlio wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I hope someone can shed some light on this, it's driving me crazy. I
>>> have a multiple select list with options generated from a database. The
>>> problem is that the select name is being set, incorrectly, as follows:
>>>
>>> name="data[Server][brand][]"
>>>
>>> When it should be:
>>>
>>> name="data[Server][brand]"
>>>
>>> This is causing problems as when an option is selected it displays in
>>> the URL as '.../brand[0]:Dell' which in turn throws of my search plugin as
>>> it's expecting '.../brand:Dell'. In my view the select box code is as
>>> follows:
>>>
>>> echo $this->Form->create('Server', array('url' => array('action' =>
>>> 'find'), $this->params['pass']));
>>> echo $this->Form->input('brand', array(
>>> 'type' => 'select',
>>> 'options' => $serverBrand,
>>> 'multiple' => 'multiple',
>>> ));
>>>
>>> With the options being generated in the controller, like so:
>>>
>>> $serverBrand = Set::extract('/Server/brand', $this->Server->find('all',
>>> array(
>>> 'fields' => array('DISTINCT Server.brand', 'Server.brand'),
>>> 'recursive' => -1
>>> )));
>>> $serverBrand = array_combine($serverBrand, $serverBrand);
>>> $this->set('serverBrand', $serverBrand);
>>>
>>> The array_combine is necessary in order for the select box to insert the
>>> correct value in the URL, I've tried commenting this out but the above
>>> problem still persists. I need a way to either customize the select name,
>>> or preferably fix it.
>>>
>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>>>
>>
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