Let's assume that you are working with Items, each of which is in a category -
so you need a Category drop down.
In the items_controller action that calls your form, do the following:
$this->set('categories', $this->Item->Category->find('list');
In your view, type this:
echo $this->Form->input('category_id');
Cake will automatically tie up your $categories variable (created by
this->set('categories', etc...) and use it as the option list for the drop
down. The stored value will be 'id', the displayed value will be 'name'. This
does - of course - assume that you have adhered to Cake's table and field
naming conventions.
Jeremy Burns
Class Outfit
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http://www.classoutfit.com
On 15 Jun 2010, at 14:00, Shaz wrote:
> Probably something really simple but I can't figure it out / find
> information on it:
>
> Got a form (add article) with a drop down list (categories). How do I
> get it to show the category names rather than id while still
> maintaining the id as the value?
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