Couldn't you write a custom validation rule in the Post model that examines the count of the Category key of the data array passed in?
Jeremy Burns Class Outfit [email protected] http://www.classoutfit.com On 1 Apr 2011, at 01:18, Krissy Masters wrote: > How can you validate the number of "multiple" selected? > > I have a Post which hasMany, and HABTM relations so saving with : > > if ( $this->Post->saveAll( $this->data, array('validate' => 'only') ) ) > {//only testing to get errors > > but I never get any validation errors for the HABTM model > > Category: > public $validate = array( > > 'Category' => array( > 'multiple' => array( > 'required' => false, > 'allowEmpty' => true, > 'rule' => array( > 'multiple', array('max' => 3), > 'message' => 'Please select one, two or > three options')))); > > > Post HABTM Category > > Ideas? > > Thanks > > K > > -- > 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 -- 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
