getLastInsertID() and getInsertID() are both equivalent model functions (please note the capitalized d in both of them). You can pass this to the view using set() in the controller as you would pass any other variable, however it doesn't feel quite right to do this. What I would do in your position is use the session component to store the user's id and then before calling save on subsequent models I wound fill the data array with the value from the session.
Steppio wrote: > Thanks to everyone for the responses its been a big help, i am still > stumped however, are getInsertID and getLastInsertID model functions? > If so how would i pass these to the views? > > On Dec 29, 4:22 pm, Webweave <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I think you meant $this->User->getLastInsertId(); >> >> On Dec 28, 9:59 am, Troy Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> $this->User->getInsertID(); >>> >>> I don't know about the Auth component as i haven't used it alot. But >>> that would get the last inserted ID. I would just set that variable >>> and include it in the view for the future steps. >>> >>> Otherwise it looks like 'user_id' isn't set yet for user >>> >>> On Dec 28, 11:11 am, Steppio <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello everybody, i am totally new to Cake and am finding it quite >>>> difficult to understand all the different parts of it. At the moment >>>> i'm trying to make a three part user registration process, firstly >>>> with the username and password fields, then onto details about the >>>> user, then on to duties they wish to undertake on the site. The only >>>> problem i am having is once the username and password are created it >>>> creates an ID in the users tables, referenced to my other tables as >>>> 'user_id'. What i cannot quite figure out is how, once a user is >>>> created, would i get that user_id into the duties view? What i am >>>> doing at the moment is shown below: >>>> >>>> function add() { >>>> if (!empty($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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
