In 1.2 $form->input() automatically picks up the error message and you
don't need to set error in the view.
In 1.1 I think you need to use $html->errorTag() or something like
that.
Either way you shouldn't set the error message in the view, it should
be pulled from the models validationErrors
On Jun 28, 4:40 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If i use $this->invalidate("password", "Passwords do not match");
> how do i associate that in my view.. Currently my view has
> <?php echo $form->input('password',
> array('error' => 'Password must be at least 4
> characters.',
> 'type'=>'password',
> 'value' =>''));
> ?>
>
> for the password.. If i do as you say, i still get the error about
> being at least 4 characters.. Personally i'd rather not even have the
> error messages in the view but in the models.. How do i set the error
> from invalidate to display in the views?
>
> On Jun 27, 4:27 pm, Grant Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I would use $this->invalidate('password', "Passwords do not match") -
> > this way it is just the same as any other validation routine. You
> > also don't need to call beforeValidate() in your beforeSave, it is
> > done automatically by Cake when you save.
>
> > Your beforeSave is still MD5-ing every password that gets put in
> > there. So, if you do:
>
> > $existing_user = $this->User->read(null, $user_id);
> > $existing_user['User']['name'] = 'I am changing your name';
> > $this->User->save( $existing_user );
>
> > then your password is now double MD5'd. What I was saying previously
> > is that the field submitted from the form that has the plain text
> > password should not be the actual password field used in your
> > database. So if you use "password" in the database to indicate a
> > hashed password, then on your form make the field "plain_password" or
> > "new_password" or something - this way in your beforeSave you know if
> > it needs to be MD5'd, otherwise don't change. The "plain_password"
> > should not be saved into the db at all. And you're right, the hashed
> > password field should not appear in a form either.
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