Oh...lol, sorry....I just re-read what he said....

On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 11:54 PM, Baz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm gonna take a wild guess here, but I think he's talking about
>  autopouplation, eg:
>
>  controller: $this->set(compact('departments'));
>
>  view:
>  $form->select('department_id')
>
>  as apposed to:
>  $form->input('department_id', array('type' => 'select'));
>
>  I stumbled upon this over the weekend. It took me about 2 hours before
>  I realized that with prepopulated data, you must use $form->input().
>
>
>
>  On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 10:00 PM, nate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  >
>  >  They're two completely different methods with two completely different
>  >  purposes.  Why would you expect them to do the same thing?
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >  On Mar 3, 7:31 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  >  > I got a question for the usage of FormHelper->select() and 
> FormHelper->input(). I know that input() outputs a div wrapper containing a 
> label
>  >  >
>  >  > and the input element while select() only outputs the select tags. Why
>  >  > is that? Shouldn't select() does the same thing (with a div wrapper
>  >  > and a label)? I feel they should be consistent in terms of what to
>  >  > expect from the output.
>  >  >
>  >  > Thanks.
>  >  >  >
>  >
>

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