Ok, did my answer above solve your issue? John On Jan 11, 8:08 pm, "Dave" <[email protected]> wrote: > Will do that...just added more info to detail the problem so I thought best > to start new but wont do that any more...will continue on. > > But back to the question. > > Just the controller is correct. My JS works fine when I send true or false > responses' (minus the html view code) so all I need to add is the html > (view) that would normally be returned as if the request was http into the > json response so the js can spit out the correct html into the correct div > on the page. > > Thanks, > > Dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > > Of John Andersen > Sent: January-11-10 2:32 PM > To: CakePHP > Subject: Re: Please help..stuck and no luck > > Hi Dave, > > Please don't start another thread on the same issue, when no-one has > answered the previous one. Just add your message to the existing thread so > it bounces to the top of the list :) > > Now, if I understand it correctly, and I don't have Ajax running yet on my > site, then you just need to use the controllers method - render ( view name > ) and save the result in your responce variable. > > Enjoy, > John > > On Jan 11, 7:22 pm, "Dave" <[email protected]> wrote: > > I will explain in detail what i am trying to do. > > > Index page has a table with rows of the users entries. I have a "Add > > New Entry" which will toggle the add form so the user can add entries > > directly from the same page via Ajax. I need 2 things to happen based > > on the form being submitted. > > 1. If the form saves i need to toggle close the form and append the > > new data saved to the table of entries. > > or > > 2. if the form does not save simply display the form as is where it is > > with the errors hi-lighted. > > > I have no problems with any of the Ajax / appending script i am just > > stuck on returning the views. > > Everyone so far says use json in response for true or false so the js > > will either update the users entries or do nothing if response comes back > false. > > But how do i get the views? How do i update the form with its errors > > if i simply return false? > > > Firebug sure shows my success = false if the form does not save but > > the end user has no idea why they are just sitting looking at the form > > with no errors marked so i need to respond back with the form html > > that would normally show up if it was sent thru normal http request. > > > Same thing goes with the success = true How do i return the view for > > the newly added record if it does save? > > > I wish i had a controller to show you but nothing i have works all i > > have is just testing true / false responses trying / hoping something > > / someone will help > > > if ( $this->RequestHandler->isAjax() ) { > > > Configure::write ( 'debug', 0 ); > > $this->data['Dummy']['id'] = $this->Dummy->generateKey('11'); > > $this->data['Dummy']['profile_id'] = $this->Auth->User('id'); > > > $response['data'] = $this->data['Dummy']; > > $response['success'] = true; > > //$response['success'] = false; > > //$response['html'] = ???; how do I get the view > > > $this->header('Content-Type: application/json'); > > echo json_encode($response); > > > } > > > My js has: > > > dataType: "json", > > success: function(response) { > > // Response was a success > > if (response.success === true) { > > alert('saved ok'); > > //do some stuff > > } else { > > alert('did not save'); > > //do some stuff > > } > > } > > > Surly someone out there has some idea. > > > Thanks > > > Dave > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG -www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.725 / Virus Database: 270.14.130/2607 - Release Date: 01/11/10 > 04:05:00
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