you shouldn't need to create a hidden field called 'name'. just do the assignation in beforeSave.
you need to make sure your beforeSave in the model returns parent::beforeSave On Jul 5, 12:19 pm, Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's a quick synopsis of the scenario: There's a menu, which has > items, and these have a name and price. I also have a table in a > separate database that has a ton of information on every item. I've > got an AutoCompleter set up with this third table(ItemData, field > 'common_name') and what I would like to do is take whatever value is > in the AutoCompleted input field when the form is submitted and treat > it as the 'name' property for the Item. > > My initial thought was to use the beforeSave() function in my Item > model with something like this: > > $this->data['Item']['name'] = $this->data['ItemData']['common_name']; > > I made a hidden field with the name attribute as "data[Item][name]" > but it doesn't work. Anyone else done something like this? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
