Hi Bryan,
I don't quite understand how to do the echo password thingy. the
password is to be displayed in the textbox, something akin to
document.getElementById("password"); should i put it under $html-
>input?
On May 27, 3:28 pm, Bryan Paddock <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Gangzheng,
> Use the core ajax helper for that.
>
> in your controller:
>
> var $helpers = array('Ajax', 'Javascript')
> var $components = array('RequestHandler')
>
> in the view that is going to hold the link, create the link with the ajax
> helper instead of the html helper:
>
> echo $ajax->link( 'Generate Password',
> array( 'controller' => 'controllername', 'action' =>
> 'generatePassword',
> array( 'update' => 'id_of_div_to_be_updated', 'complete' => 'alert("Your
> password has been generated") ' ) );
>
> then in your generatepassword controller function make sure you send the
> generated password to the view which you'll create in your views/controller
> folder
>
> $this->set('password', $new_password);
>
> so you can print out the password in your view with
>
> echo $password;
>
> hope this helps!
>
> bryan
>
> On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 8:39 AM, liaogz82 <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
>
> > I need help on the cakePHP coding. I have a function called
> > generatePassword() in the controller. I want to create an ajax link in
> > such a way that user can click on the link and it will talk to the
> > method, take the password and display it on the textbox. Can this be
> > done?
>
> > Gangzheng
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