$this->User->getInsertID(); I don't know about the Auth component as i haven't used it alot. But that would get the last inserted ID. I would just set that variable and include it in the view for the future steps.
Otherwise it looks like 'user_id' isn't set yet for user On Dec 28, 11:11 am, Steppio <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello everybody, i am totally new to Cake and am finding it quite > difficult to understand all the different parts of it. At the moment > i'm trying to make a three part user registration process, firstly > with the username and password fields, then onto details about the > user, then on to duties they wish to undertake on the site. The only > problem i am having is once the username and password are created it > creates an ID in the users tables, referenced to my other tables as > 'user_id'. What i cannot quite figure out is how, once a user is > created, would i get that user_id into the duties view? What i am > doing at the moment is shown below: > > function add() { > if (!empty($this->data)) { > $this->User->create(); > if ($this->User->saveAll($this->data)) { > $this->Session->setFlash(__('Your Username > and Password have been > saved', true)); > $cookie = array(); > $cookie['user_id'] = > $this->Auth->user('user_id'); > $this->Session->write('Auth.User', $cookie); > > $this->redirect(array('controller'=>'details','action'=>'add')); > } else { > $this->Session->setFlash(__('Your Username > and Password could not > be saved. Please, try again.', true)); > } > } > } > > ^users_ controller^ > > I then call this in the 'duties/add' view with: > > $user_id = $session->read('User_id'); > > echo $form->input('user_id',array('value' => $user_id )); > > The only problem with this is Cake returns a select box populated with > all of the id's in the user tables. All i want is the ID that has just > been created. > > This is probably a very simple problem but i've been reading alot on > the internet and just cannot understand how to do it. Any help and > advice would be greatly appreciated!! > > Yours hopefully, > Steppio --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
