do you have associations created ? you should have something like that
Class hasMany Period Class hasMany Post Period hasMany Post (add here assocation key "dependent" => true) //so this will delete all posts for given period_id when you delete some period where Post.period_id = Period.id Period belongsTo Class Post belongsTo Class Post belongsTo Period am i right ? :) I hope you understand :) -- Lep pozdrav, Tilen Majerle http://majerle.eu 2011/12/1 GG <jairusk...@gmail.com> > Right now, my PeriodsController.php delete() function, deletes entries > in my periods table. (Not a problem). > My PostsController.php delete() function, deletes entries in my posts > table. (Also not a problem.) > (The problem) = I would like my PeriodsController.php delete(), to > also delete any posts (in my posts table), where they have a matching > period_id. > > > ///Example: I am a teacher who has a science class. I post homework > under my science period. When I want go to delete the science class > period, I would like it to also delete all of the posts I made under > that class period... > > > So...... > > I have a periods table: > > period_id | title | user_id > > > > I also have a posts table: > > id | title | body | created | modified | user_id | period_id > > > > Here is my PeriodsController.php > > function delete($id) { > if (!$this->request->is('post')) { > throw new MethodNotAllowedException(); > } > > if($this->isActionable($id)){ > if ($this->Period->delete($id)) { > $this->Session->setFlash('Class successfully deleted.'); > $this->redirect(array('controller' => 'posts', 'action' => > 'index')); > } > } else { > $this->Session->setFlash('You cannot delete that > class.'); > $this->redirect(array('controller' => 'posts', 'action' > => > 'index')); > } > } > > > Here is my PostsController.php > > function delete($id) { > if (!$this->request->is('post')) { > throw new MethodNotAllowedException(); > } > > if($this->isActionable($id)){ > if ($this->Post->delete($id)) { > $this->Session->setFlash('Post successfully deleted.'); > $this->redirect(array('action' => 'index')); > } > } else { > $this->Session->setFlash('You cannot delete that > post.'); > $this->redirect(array('action' => 'index')); > } > } > > > > Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks! > > -- > 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 > -- 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
