Try to remove the redirect in the else statement!
John
On Jun 5, 9:56 am, DavidH <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'm using CakePHP version 1.2.3.8166 running and PHP 5.2.9.
>
> I've been following the blog tutorial on the CakePHP site and adapting
> it for my own basic project. I've got to the bit where the tutorial
> introduces data validation. I know the validation fails or passes; but
> for some reason I just can't get it to display error messages in the
> form.
>
> Here's my controller add method for adding a new record:
>
> function add()
> {
> // If we have some data to save
> if (!empty($this->data))
> {
> if ($this->Birdfamily->save($this->data))
> {
> $this->Session->setFlash('Your bird family has been
> saved', true);
> $this->redirect(array('action' => 'index'));
> }
> else
> {
> $this->Session->setFlash('Your bird family has NOT
> been saved', true);
> $this->redirect(array('action' => 'add')); // If there
> was a problem then go back to the form
> }
>
> }
> }
>
> Here is my add.ctp view:
>
> <h1>Add A Bird Family</h1>
>
> <?php
>
> echo $form->create('Birdfamily');
> echo $form->input('english_name');
> echo $form->error('english_name');
> echo $form->input('latin_name');
> echo $form->error('latin_name');
> echo $form->input('tax_order');
> echo $form->error('tax_order');
> echo $form->end('Save Bird Family');
>
> ?>
>
> and, finally, here is my model with the validation:
>
> class Birdfamily extends AppModel
> {
> var $name = 'Birdfamily';
>
> // Set up validation for Bird Families
> var $validate = array(
> 'english_name' => array(
> 'rule' => 'alphaNumeric',
> 'required' => true,
> 'allowEmpty' => false,
> 'message' => 'All fields are required'
> ),
> 'latin_name' => array(
> 'rule' => 'alphaNumeric',
> 'required' => true,
> 'allowEmpty' => false,
> 'message' => 'All fields are required'
> ),
> 'tax_order' => array(
> 'rule' => 'alphaNumeric',
> 'required' => true,
> 'allowEmpty' => false,
> 'message' => 'All fields are required'
> )
>
> );
>
> }
>
> All very basic stuff I'm sure you'll agree.
>
> If I submit an empty form it returns to the form with the correct
> flash message; but why doesn't it display any of the messages saying
> 'All fields are required'?
>
> Regards
>
> David
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