Ok i got it all working now, unsetting the field did work here is what i did in my model:
function beforeValidate() { $u = &$this->data['User']; $p1 = &$u['password']; $p2 = &$u['password1']; if ($p1 != $p2) { $this->set('error', 'Passwords do not match'); return false; } if (empty($p1)) { unset($this->data['User']['password']); } return true; } function beforeSave() { if ($this->validates()) { if (isset($this->data['User']['password'])) { $this->data['User']['password'] = md5($this->data['User'] ['password']); } return true; } return false; } controller: function edit_profile() { $this->User->id = $this->Session->read('User.id'); if (empty($this->data)) { $this->data = $this->User->read(); } else { if ($this->User->save($this->data)) { $this->flash("Your profile has been saved.", '/users/profile'); } } } --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---