thanks guys, that was taking ages to figure out. I was on completely the wrong track.
thanks for the quick replies On Feb 18, 12:12 am, thatsgreat2345 <[email protected]> wrote: > or rather $this->Auth->user('id'); > > On Feb 17, 4:07 pm, labianchin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi. > > > In the controller action method you can use something like: > > $this->data['ModelName']['user_id'] = $this->Session- > > > >read('Auth.User.id'); > > > On 18 fev, 00:57, barricades <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi there, I've searched through a bunch of tutorials but no-one seems > > > to explain this particular situation. I have a model for users and a > > > model for what I call campaigns, which a logged in user is allowed to > > > create. So I've got Auth up and running and the relationship set up so > > > a campaign belongs to a user. > > > > So the user logs in and is directed to the create campaign action. In > > > the form that the user fills in, I want the users_id to be the id of > > > the currently logged in user by default. > > > > echo $this->Form->input('user_id'); > > > > I know this is probably dead simple, but all the tutorials I've been > > > through don't tell me. The blog tutorial(s) there is only one possible > > > user; in the TOR tutorial its a drop down list to select which dealer > > > etc... etc... -- Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php
