I'm using it myself this way:
function create($data = array())
{
if ($this->i_dont_like_the_value_here($data['Model']['field'])
{
$data['Model']['field'] = $this->put_something_better();
}
parent::create($new);
}
And in controller:
$this->Model->create($this->data)
On Feb 5, 2008 9:00 AM, grigri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Also Model::create()
>
> That won't work in this situation. Novice is referring to a case where
> a user leaves an input field blank, but it's still present, so any
> value you put in Model::create would be overwritten with the blank
> string sent in the form.
>
> > beforeValidate() seems to be a nice place then because validation might
> > reject the values that i want to modify later on. Am i correct?
>
> If you only want to generate an automatic title when the user leaves
> it blank, and you're sure that any automatic title you generate will
> be valid, then it would be better to update the information in
> beforeSave() and set 'allowEmpty' to true in the validation rule for
> the title. It "feels wrong" to change the data in beforeValidate(),
> but that's just a personal opinion.
>
> On Feb 5, 10:46 am, "Dardo Sordi Bogado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Also Model::create()
> >
> > On Feb 5, 2008 7:19 AM, Novice Programmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > beforeValidate() seems to be a nice place then because validation might
> > > reject the values that i want to modify later on. Am i correct?
> >
> > > Thanks.
> >
>
> > > On 2/5/08, nate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > > Not true actually. Generally speaking, any time you *can* put logic
> > > > in the model, you should. Don't move it out into the controller
> > > > unless it is necessary for some reason.
> >
> > > > On Feb 4, 11:14 pm, manish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > I think, The best way to do this stuff is in the controller itself.
> >
> > > > > First you need to check whether the data is posted from the form.
> > > > > You can do so by doing something like:
> >
> > > > > if(!empty($this->data['ModelName']['id']))
> >
> > > > > if it is so, you can check:
> >
> > > > > if(empty($this->data['ModelName']['title']))
> > > > > $this->data['ModelName']['title'] = "Your_Custom_Title";
> >
> > > > > Hope this helps.
> >
> > > > > On Feb 5, 7:48 am, "Novice Programmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > > wrote:
> >
> > > > > > Hello guys,
> >
> > > > > > I was wondering that what is the best place to change the data to be
> > > fed to
> > > > > > the model. Consider the following situation:
> >
> > > > > > I have a form which asks the user about the title of a content. if
> > > > > > the
> > > user
> > > > > > has not given the title, i want to give some default value to the
> > > title(note
> > > > > > that this default value is dynamic and called be defined using
> > > > > > default
> > > > > > directive in MySql).
> >
> > > > > > Now what is the best place to do this stuff? is it beforeValidate or
> > > > > > beforeSave or should i modify the data in the controller itself?
> >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > Thanks & Regards,
> > > > > > Novice (http://ishuonweb.wordpress.com/).
> >
>
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