A good first step would be a debug($this->data) in the view.
Chances are, since the "model name" you're passing to
FormHelper::create() is called 'search' and the model you're trying to
save the data into is called 'RegTag', it simply doesn't make any
sense.
If you insist on having different names in the form and the model,
you'll need to tell the controller to perform the translation:
class IndexController extends AppController {
function search() {
if (!empty($this->data)) {
$this->RegTag->create(array('RegTag' => $this->data['Search']));
if ($this->RegTag->validates()) {
// ...
}
}
}
}
If this is your problem, a quick debug of $this->data would have shown
you right away. If it isn't, do one and post the dump here.
Also, I know this is only temp code, but why are you not having any
label elements in your form?
On Dec 18, 9:44 pm, Cake Fan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> After doing some reading and looking at 1.2 validation, I thought I
> had a pretty good understanding of the process.
>
> However, let's say I wanted manually validate a bit of data coming
> from a post using the standard model validation features. Seems like
> it should be fairly straightforward, but I can't seem to get the
> result I'm going for.
>
> Since I'm not doing a "save", I'm just doing a findAll() on a Model,
> but I want it to validate prior to doing the findAll().
>
> For instance (highly simplified):
>
> :::MODEL:::
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> <?php
> class RegTag extends AppModel
> {
> var $useTable = 'reg_tags';
>
> var $validate = array(
> 'what' => 'alphaNumeric',
> 'where' => 'alphaNumeric'
> );}
>
> ?>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> :::CONTROLLER:::
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> <?php
> class IndexController extends AppController {
> var $name = 'Index';
> var $helpers = array('html', 'time', 'javascript', 'ajax');
> var $uses = array('RegTag');
>
> /** main action (starting point) **/
> function search ()
> {
> /** we have a search **/
> if ($this->RegTag->create($this->data) && $this->RegTag->validates())
> {
>
> //do something
> } else {
> //error
> }
>
> }}
>
> ?>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> :::VIEW:::
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> <?php echo $form->create('search', array('type' => 'post',
> 'action' => 'search', 'id' => 'request-form')); ?>
> <?php echo $form->input('what', array('type' => 'text',
> 'label' => false)); ?>
> <?php echo $form->error('what', 'Please enter what!'); ?>
> <?php echo $form->input('where', array('type' => 'text',
> 'label' => false)); ?>
> <?php echo $form->error('where', 'Please Enter Where!'); ?>
> <?php echo $form->end('Search'); ?>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Assuming that's the basics of the search, shouldn't validation be
> working? As of right now, it doesn't. The
> [$this->RegTag->create($this->data) && $this->RegTag->validates()] check
> always
>
> returns false, no matter what I enter into the form.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>
> Cake Fan
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