If you defined function beforeSave() in your controller then
essentially you are overriding the beforeSave function defined in
AppController and its parent Controller.
So by calling parent::beforeSave() you are telling, you want to call
the beforeSave method of the parent class which AppController.
Ketan
Brian wrote:
> Ah, I see now. Thanks for spelling that out for me. It works quite
> well :)
>
> So parent::beforeSave() essentially tells the model to use the
> beforeSave callback?
> Walker Hamilton wrote:
> > function beforeSave()
> > {
> >
> > if(isset($this->data['ItemData']['common_name']))
> > $this->data['Item']['name'] = $this->data['ItemData']['common_name'];
> >
> > return parent::beforeSave();
> > }
> >
> >
> >
> > On Jul 5, 12:54 pm, Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I'm still a little confused.
> > >
> > > So I keep what I have right now ($this->data[....) in my beforeSave()
> > > and then do what?
> > >
> > > Walker Hamilton wrote:
> > > > 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?
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