grigri,
I appreciate the help. The debug didn't really help, but you got me
thinking about it a bit more logically. I simply placed the
validation routines inside the "Search" model and validation started
working by using something like this:
if (!empty($this->data)) {
$this->Search->create($this->data['Search']);
if ($this->Search->validates()) {
And I change my view form to:
<?php echo $form->create('Search', array('type' => 'post', 'action' =>
'search', 'id' => 'request-form')); ?>
With those changes, validation started working, so I really appreciate
the help.
As for my label elements, I have them in the live version, I just
wanted to make the code as simple as possible as well as shorter to
make it easier to read.
Thanks again!
Cake Fan
On Dec 19, 4:15 am, grigri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A good first step would be a debug($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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