In controller set
$states = $this->State->find('list',array(
'conditions' => array(
'State.is_active = ' => 1
),'fields' =>array('State.id','State.name'), 'recursive' => -1));
$this->set('states',$states);
and try in ur view
On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 7:48 AM, aveev <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I want to get value from a table to be populated in drop down select in a
> form. Here's the table and the fields for example:
> States
> fields:id, name
> In add function in StatesController, I add this piece of code (as I learnt
> from the tutorial):
> $state = $this->State->find('list');
> $this->set('states',$state);
>
> and I add this code in my view:
> echo $form->select('state', array($states));
>
> when I debug the value of state drop down select, what I get is the id of
> state, not the name...what I want is the name, not the id..How can I do
> that
> ?
> Any help would be appreciated..
> Thanks...
>
>
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