Hang on, I just found this post in the Bakery: http://bakery.cakephp.org/articles/view/validation-in-another-controller
Does that still apply? Or has there been done anything built in stuff in the latest version of Cake? On Feb 2, 9:40 pm, Mickiii <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Brian, however if I remove the redirect call it displays the > view for the function "add", i.e. the add.ctp (which doesnt exists), > but I want it to go back to chartofaccounts where the form is, and > then display the errors there. > > On Feb 2, 9:30 pm, brian <[email protected]> wrote: > > > You don't need to redirect. When you do so, the information stored in > > $validationErrors is lost because you're making a new request. If you > > remove the redirect() call, Cake should simply re-display the form. > > Then if all is working well, FormHelper will take care of printing the > > errors for you. > > > On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Mickiii <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > This is probably simple, but I can't find any specifics on it. > > > > I have a controller called ledger_controller, which uses two models: > > > Ledgeraccount and Ledgertransaction. Within this controller i have a > > > function called chartofaccounts, which includes a form, with an action > > > that leads to the ledger controller, but a function called "add". I > > > can save the data alright, and also validate it, but I can't get the > > > error messages to show... why is that? > > > > Controller "ledger": > > > > function add () { > > > if(!empty($this->data)) { > > > $this->Ledgeraccount->set($this->data); > > > if($this->Ledgeraccount->validates()) { > > > $this->Ledgeraccount->save($this->data, > > > false); > > > $this->redirect('chartofaccounts'); > > > } else { > > > $this->Session->setFlash('Venligt ret > > > fejlene herunder', > > > 'default', array('class'=>'bad')); > > > $this->redirect('chartofaccounts'); > > > } > > > } > > > } > > > > Form in chartofaccounts.ctp > > > > <?=$form->create('Ledgeraccount', array('url' => '/ledger/add'));?> > > > > <? > > > echo $form->input('Ledgeraccount.number'); > > > echo $form->input('Ledgeraccount.name'); > > > echo $form->input('Ledgeraccount.type', array('options' => array( > > > 'header'=>'Header', > > > 'sum'=>'Sum', > > > 'profitloss'=>'Profit Loss', > > > 'balancesheet'=>'Balancesheet' > > > ))); > > > ?> > > > > <?=$form->end('Create');?> > > > > If this is standard behaviour, then is there any way I can get the > > > errormessages to show in the chartofaccounts view, without breaking > > > the conventions too much? > > > > Thanks --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
