i cant follow you
wants your problem?
if ($result) {}
works as expected in your case
NOT EMPTY ARRAY equals FALSE
therefore you already have a valid check if the saving succeeded
On 9 Okt., 11:48, Tomfox Wiranata <tomfox.wiran...@gmail.com> wrote:
> hello andrewperk,
>
> thanks for your help. i appreciate that. one question though:
>
> what do i have to do to get a false?
> because when i use made up database fields i still get a filled array
> as a return. so in that case the saving failed and i still dont get a
> false.....
>
> is there maybe another way to check if saving succeeded?
>
> thanks a lot!!!!!
>
> On 9 Okt., 02:21, andrewperk <andrewp...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > I may have said that wrong, I think it returns two different things,
> > if successful it will return an array if not I believe it just returns
> > false.
>
> > On Oct 8, 4:58 pm, andrewperk <andrewp...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Your model's save method doesn't actually return a boolean, you can
> > > just use the method call itself in a conditional, but it actually
> > > returns an array. You could check if $updated is not empty I believe:
>
> > > if (!empty($updated)) {
>
> > > }
>
> > > Or use the method call itself in a condition to see if the save was
> > > successful:
>
> > > if ($this->Report->save($updates)) {
>
> > > }
>
> > > On Oct 8, 8:30 am, Tomfox Wiranata <tomfox.wiran...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > hi,
>
> > > > i have a simple save()
>
> > > > $updates['Report']['status']= $new_status;
> > > > $updated = $this->Report->save($updates);
>
> > > > now i want to check, if the saving was successful and echo the result:
>
> > > > if ($updated)
> > > > {
> > > > $this->set('success', "ok");
> > > >
> > > > $this->render('../elements/admin/success', 'ajax');
> > > > }
> > > > else
> > > > {
>
> > > > $this->set('success', "err");
> > > > $this->render('../elements/admin/success',
> > > > 'ajax');
> > > > }
>
> > > > so even if i change the field "status" to "doesntexist", which makes
> > > > the saving a fail, i dont get the "err" as a callback.
> > > > so i thought i should debug $updated to see what callback i get:
>
> > > > Array
> > > > (
> > > > [Report] => Array
> > > > (
> > > > [fk_post_id] => 205
> > > > [fk_user_id] => 74
> > > > [reason] => test
> > > > [description] => test
> > > > [created] => 2011-10-07 22:15:21
> > > > [id] => 44
> > > > [fk_reporting_user_id] => 74
> > > > [status] => pending
> > > > )
> > > > more data ...
>
> > > > so $updated returns an array. i was expecting "true" or "false" ??? so
> > > > confusing..
>
> > > > what do i need to change?
>
> > > > thanks sooo much ;)
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