In your controller you can do the following
if(! $this->Model->save($whatever) )
$this->set('$errors', $this->Model->validationErrors);
That's an array with all validation errors in it, then in your view
you can do whatever you need with the error messages.
Hope this helps
Dani Chilean
On Oct 10, 3:48 am, stefanb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So you're saying I should put HTML and javascript code in my model
> too. All I need in my view is a variable sent from the model
> containing the display code, and echo that out...
>
> On Oct 10, 1:58 am, abba bryant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > That isn't accurate either.
> > The model can set any data it wants. The controller should then forward that
> > data onto the view. There is no definitive right or wrong way to generate
> > the error messages - simply a correct layer for displaying them.
>
> > If the error pertains to the data the model is supposed to recieve or is
> > related to a problem fetching data that should be available then by all
> > means allow the model to store the error messages. Just don't output them
> > from anything that isn't a view file.
>
> > Wayne Fay wrote:
>
> > >> > Yes, but according to the MVC pattern, what the user sees (like error
> > >> > messages) really is supposed to go into the view, not the model...
>
> > >> Are you saying that a model cannot generate error messages that need
> > >> to be displayed in a view?
>
> > > You *can*... But according to MVC principles, you *shouldn't*.
>
> > > Wayne
>
> > --
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> > context:http://www.nabble.com/Validation-rules-and-error-messages-tf4581362.h...
> > Sent from the CakePHP mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
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