I figured it out... I had to manually give me select 'name' => 'data[Student][period_id]', and 'id' => 'StudentPeriodId'. I'm sure I've strayed from cake's naming conventions a bit, thats why it didn't hook up automatically.
On Nov 30, 3:53 pm, GG <jairusk...@gmail.com> wrote: > When I change it to period_id the entire select box disappears. > > See how in the source code, it populates the correct information, but > when it submits, the "option value" doesn't get sent to the correct > field. It actually doesn't get sent anywhere. After submit, my table > has a new entry that looks like: > > period_id:0 > user:_id:14 (the correct user) > > On Nov 30, 3:39 pm, euromark <dereurom...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I guess you made a mistake in your form > > why is it not echo $this->Form->input('period_id'); > > (note the _id)? > > > tip: > > let cake bake your code. this way less mistakes can be made and such > > as above easily be avoided > > > On 1 Dez., 00:09, GG <jairusk...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > The form is successfully adding a new entry to the table, the user_id > > > is correct, however, the period_id is being stored as 0. They are both > > > int(11). > > > > Problem:::: I need to tell cake to: store the value of the option > > > being sent into the period_id column. > > > Solution::::?????? Thanks for your help! > > > > Here is my database > > > > name:students > > > field1:period_id > > > field2:user_id > > > > Here is my StudentsController.php > > > > public function add() { > > > if ($this->request->is('post')) { > > > $this->request->data['Student']['user_id'] = > > > $this->Auth->user('id'); > > > > if ($this->Student->save($this->request->data)) { > > > $this->Session->setFlash('Class successfully added.'); > > > $this->redirect(array('action' => 'index')); > > > } > > > } > > > > $periods = $this->Period->find('list'); > > > $this->set(compact('periods')); > > > > } > > > > Here is my add.ctp View > > > > echo $this->Form->create('Student'); > > > echo $this->Form->input('period'); > > > echo $this->Form->end('Add Class'); > > > > Here is the source code from Students/add > > > > <div class="input select"><label for="StudentPeriod">Period</label> > > > <select name="data[Student][period]" id="StudentPeriod"> > > > <option value="57">Class 1</option> > > > <option value="56">Class 2</option> > > > <option value="52">Class 3</option> > > > <option value="51">Class 4</option> > > > <option value="59">Class 5</option> > > > </select> > > > </div> -- 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 cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php