The easiest way to do this is by using $this->Session-
>setFlash('Username already exists'); in your controller. The error
message will show up at the top of the page or wherever you put "if
($session->check('Message.flash')) $session->flash();" in your layout.
On Aug 23, 7:33 am, rtanz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hi right now i have baked a model with an add and edit view as
> automatically generated by cake. So now if I make any errors when
> saving (as determined by the $validate conditions below) I will get
> the values of the tagErrorMsg as set in the view. Now I also made a
> beforeSave function that checks whether a user with that username
> exists already, and in that case I would like to output a different
> message saying that 'Username already exists' instead of 'Please enter
> the Username'. How can i do this? thanks
>
> class User extends AppModel
> {
> var $name = 'User';
> var $hasMany = array('Membership'=>array('dependent'=>true));
>
> var $validate = array(
> 'username' => '/[a-z0-9\_\-]{3,}$/i',
> 'password' => VALID_NOT_EMPTY,
> 'email' => VALID_EMAIL,
> );
>
> function beforeSave() {
> $user = $this->data['User']['username'];
> $conditions = array("User.username"=>"$user");
> if ($this->find($conditions)) {
> return false;
> }
> else return true;
> }
>
> }
>
> <?php echo $html->tagErrorMsg('User/username', 'Please enter the
> Username.');?>
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