Sure, you can pass in false or null as the model:
http://book.cakephp.org/view/1384/Creating-Forms
You would still read the form data from $this->data in the controller,
e.g. $this->data['test'] for a field called test.
But nothing stops you from using a drop down box for price even if you
link the form to a particular model. For example you could write:
echo $form->create('Product');
echo $form->input('price', array ('type' => 'select', 'values' =>
array ('10-20€', '20-30€'));
echo $form->end('Search');
Then you'd read the selected value from $this->data['Product']
['price'], just like before.
On Oct 19, 4:13 pm, daydreamer <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to create a form in my view, in order to select a product in my
> model.
> However, I don't want to link this form to my "product" model, because
> for example I want my users to select a price range from a dropdownbox
> (10 - 20 €, 20 - 30€...), and I can't link the dropdownbox to price,
> since price is just 1 number.
>
> So is there a way I can create a form which is not connected to a
> model, so that I can query the model myself in my controller the way I
> want to?
> And how can I read my form data?
>
> For example, if I have
>
> echo $this->Form->input('test');
>
> in my view, how do I access the value of this test?
>
> Thanks a lot for your help !!
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