Set the 'type' of the input to 'text;
echo $this->Form->input('id', array('type' => 'text'));
Jeremy Burns
Class Outfit
http://www.classoutfit.com
On 30 May 2013, at 14:04, Eros Zanchetta <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I'm just starting a new project with Cakephp but I'm stuck with a very basic
> problem.
>
> I have a "countries" table that looks like this:
>
> CREATE TABLE `countries` (
> `id` varchar(7) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
> `name` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
> `description` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
> PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
> ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
>
> As you can see want to use a VARCHAR as primary key as I want to use a
> customized country code as primary key (e.g. FR-2013, DE-2010, ES-2010 etc),
> I also want users to be able to manually insert this code. I know using a
> non-numeric id is not recommended but I have my reasons.
>
> Now, when I create a form to add data (I want users to be able to add new
> countries), the `id` field is automatically hidden, I could probably come up
> with a workaround but I was wondering if there a "proper" way to do it.
>
> I also have other tables where I have a similar situation.
>
> Thanks,
> Eros
>
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