Throw in a debug($this->request->data) to see what data you have.
Though it's likely:
$this->request->data['Item']['category_id']
or
$this->request->data('Item.category_id')
On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 6:14 AM, Paul Willis <paul.wil...@me.com> wrote:
> In my ItemsController I'm editing an item and then want to redirect back
> to the category that the item is in but I'm not sure how to access the
> category_id that is in $this->request->data
>
> My controller function (edited down to the relevant lines only) is...
>
>
> public function admin_edit($id = null) {
> if ($this->request->is('post') ||
> $this->request->is('put')) {
> if ($this-> Item->save($this->request->data)) {
> $this->Session->setFlash(__('The Item has
> been saved'));
> $this->redirect(array('controller' =>
> 'categories', 'action' => 'view', *********));
> }
> }
> }
>
>
> Where I have ******* I need something like…
>
> $this->request-> Item->category_id
>
> ...to pull the category_id out but I can't get the correct syntax to use
>
> The category_id is in there as it is being saved with all the other item
> data.
>
> I'm on CakePHP 2.3.x if that is relevant.
>
> Regards
>
> Paul
>
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