oh my goodness, you're right, it had to do with my placement of the print
statement. it's in the controller but was above $this->data['Genre']['id'][]
= 51; so now everything is working and the if statement is in place and
working as well. thanks for all the help.

On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 12:28 PM, brian <bally.z...@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Where's the pr() statement? In the controller? Did you try with
> Debugger::log() immediately after adding the '51'?
>
> On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 3:22 PM, kai <k3ho...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > well, i tried that too and writing just as you have it, without the
> > conditional statement, does not seem to add the value 51 to the id
> > array. I'm using pr($this->data); to see what's in the array.
> >
> > On Jan 23, 10:38 am, brian <bally.z...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Sorry, I made a mistake.
> >>
> >> $this->data['Genre'][] = 51;
> >>
> >> should be
> >>
> >> $this->data['Genre']['id'][] = 51;
> >>
> >> You want to append '51' to the 'id' array, not the parent ('Genre').
> >>
> >> How are you checking to see if the value was added? Try it like this
> >> and log your data array.
> >>
> >> if (isset($this->data['Genre']['id']) &&
> >> is_array($this->data['Genre']['id']) && !in_array('51',
> >> $this->data['Genre']['id']))
> >> {
> >>   $this->data['Genre']['id'][] = 51;
> >>
> >> }
> >>
> >> Debugger::log($this->data);
> >>
> >> On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 12:30 AM, kai <k3ho...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Even if i use array_push($this->data['Genre']['id'], 51); without the
> >> > conditional statement it still doesn't add 51 to the Genre id array.
> >> > $this->data['Genre'][] = 51; doesn't work either. I've tried a few
> >> > variations and can't get it to work. First I need to figure out how to
> >> > add values to the $this->data array and then I can focus on the
> >> > conditional statement.
> >>
> >> > On Jan 22, 5:42 pm, brian <bally.z...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> if (isset($this->data['Genre']['id']) &&
> >> >> is_array($this->data['Genre']['id']) && !in_array('51',
> >> >> $this->data['Genre']['id']))
> >> >> {
> >> >>    $this->data['Genre'][] = 51;
> >> >>    // or, array_push($this->data['Genre'], 51);
> >>
> >> >> }
> >> >> On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 8:28 PM, kai <k3ho...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >> > In $this->data:
> >> >> >    [Genre] => Array
> >> >> >        (
> >> >> >            [id] => Array
> >> >> >                (
> >> >> >                    [0] => 2
> >> >> >                    [1] => 55
> >> >> >                )
> >>
> >> >> >        )
> >> >> > In sql:
> >> >> > WHERE `Genre_id` IN ('2', '55')
> >>
> >> >> > Yeah, I want to add to their selection, not override it.
> >>
> >> >> > On Jan 22, 5:21 pm, brian <bally.z...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> >> If a user "chooses a genre" what does the data look like? Before
> your
> >> >> >> code does anything. Is it well formed?
> >>
> >> >> >> If you want to set ['Genre']['id'] to some value, what does the
> data
> >> >> >> look like before that? It seems like you're trying to override the
> >> >> >> user's selection, rather than add to it. Do you want to add ID=51
> *in
> >> >> >> addition* to whatever genre ID the user passes?
> >>
> >> >> >> On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 8:09 PM, kai <k3ho...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >> >> > When a user submits a form I'm hoping to apply some logic to
> their
> >> >> >> > choice. The form takes user input and translates their selection
> into
> >> >> >> > conditions to use in a query. One part of the selection is the
> choice
> >> >> >> > to choose a genre. I'm hoping to say something like, if user
> chooses
> >> >> >> > one genre or more then also add 'this genre' to their query. I
> tried
> >> >> >> > something like:
> >>
> >> >> >> > if (!empty($this->data['Genre']['id']) and
> count($this->data['Genre']
> >> >> >> > ['id']) > 0) {
> >> >> >> > $this->data['Genre']['id'] = 51;
> >> >> >> > }
> >>
> >> >> >> > but have found that $this->data['Genre']['id'] = 51; does
> nothing. How
> >> >> >> > can i force genre 51 to become part of the query if the user
> chooses
> >> >> >> > at least one genre?
> > >
> >
>
> >
>

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