If you use $form->input(), it will create everything for an input field, including label and error messages. If you use the more specialized select() you'll have to create labels and error messages yourself. See FormHelper::error().
http://api.cakephp.org/class_form_helper.html On 20 Oct 2008, at 07:49, clrockwell wrote: > > I'm using 1.2 and this is driving me crazy. I have a form with > several fields that use validation. When I submit an empty form for > testing all fields *except* the select have the appropriate html > generated and the error message is displayed. > > The html for the select box begins with: > > <label class="text">Occupation*</label><select name="data[Vip] > [occupation_id]" id="VipOccupationId"> > > On submitting without selecting anything, the html is this (class > ="form-error" now present): > > <label class="text">Occupation*</label><select name="data[Vip] > [occupation_id]" id="VipOccupationId" class="form-error"> > > But there is no html generated below it. Dumping Model- >> invalidFields() shows: > [occupation_id] => Please select the most appropriate occupation > > So it is definitely there. This happens on all select boxes. The > code using to generate this one: > <label class="text">Occupation*</label><?php echo $form- >> select('Vip.occupation_id', $this->requestAction('/occupations/ > occSelect', array('cache' => '1 week', 'label' => false, 'div' => > false))); ?></span> > > Thanks for any thoughts, I'm thinking this may be a bug. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
