That was it! So simple when you know how. Many thanks John.
Regards David On Jun 5, 8:04 am, John Andersen <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
