Grant,
Thanks for the tip. I must be doing something subtly wrong with
your suggestion. I set the $this->data['Display']['currency'] in my
index controller method. When adding the echo $html-
>checkbox( 'Display/currency' ); I get "Cannot instantiate non-
existent class: display ". Initially my index view did not contain
a form. I added the following form, but I still get the "non-
existent class: display" notification
<form action="<?php echo $html->url('/proposals/index'); ?>"
method="post">
I've get the currency toggle working, but my method appears to be a
bit cumbersome.
1. Place a Ajax observer field on a standard HTML checkbox
echo $ajax->observeField('currency', array(
'update' => 'proposalCurrency',
'url' => '/proposals/ajaxCurrency',
'frequency' => '1'))
<dd><input type="checkbox" id="currency" name="currency" value="EUR"
<?php
if (strcmp ($currency, "EUR") == 0)
echo " CHECKED ";
?>></input></dd>
</dl>
2. Move the table containing the Price column which will be either EUR
or USD into a separate table.thtml file
this table is embedded with the <div id="proposalCurrency">
3. In the index method of the proposal controller set the "currency"
variable
$this->set('currency', $whichCurrency); //
whichCurrency will be either the string "EUR" or "USD"
4. In the proposal controller ajaxController, the currency from the
form is retrieved with the $this->params['form']['currency']
if (isset($this->params['form']['currency']) &&
strcmp ($this->params['form']['currency'],"EUR") == 0)
$whichCurrency = "EUR";
else
{
$whichCurrency = $this->Session->read
("Proposal.whichCurrency");
$whichCurrency = (strcmp($whichCurrency, "USD") == 0) ?
"EUD" : "USD";
}
5. Session variables were used to maintain the users currency
selection preference.
My solution does work, but it does not seem to be efficient or
elegant. Any suggestions on why I can't use ['Display']['currency']
in the view with the $html->checkbox helper would be appreciated.
On Feb 7, 10:02 pm, "Grant Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I personally find the best way is still using the html / form helpers,
> but to use a model or field name that doesn't exist. Of course, if
> you want the value to persist then you'll need to store the value
> somewhere - perhaps in the session.
>
> ie, in your controller:
>
> function edit($id = null) {
> if(empty($this->data)) {
> ...
> $this->data['Display']['currency'] =
> $this->Session->read('Display.currency');
>
> } else {
> $this->cleanUpFields();
> // save the currency they selected back to the session
> $this->Session->write('Display.currency',
> $this->data['Display']
> ['currency']);
>
> ...
> }
>
> }
>
> and your view can just use
> echo $html->checkbox( 'Display/currency' );
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