I want to send an email with the email component. No problem there. However, I don't want it to be a hidden field in the form so I thought I could do something in the controller.
So I did this line: $email = $this->User->find('first', array('conditions' => array('User.id' => $this->data['Friend']['friend_id']), 'fields' => 'User.email_address')); Which to my surprise (still learning all of these functions) it did get the email address but the find function turns the info into an array and then the email component has an array to deal with rather than the specific string (email_address). I thought I could use the field() method but I am confused as to how to get it to work and there isn't much documentation. I tried: $email = User->field('email_address', array('id' => $this- >data['Friend']['friend_id'])); and got: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_OBJECT_OPERATOR in /var/www/ vhosts/theactorstoolkit.com/httpdocs/app/controllers/ users_controller.php on line 69 which shows up on the screen before I even get to the page. I tried: $email = $model->field('email_address', array('id' => $this- >data['Friend']['friend_id'])); and once I submit the form it gives me: Notice (8): Undefined variable: model [APP/controllers/ users_controller.php, line 69] Anyone know how this should be done. Thank you! Brad Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://cakeqs.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en