G'day Ah, finally found the right reference. Don't know how I missed it on the first time through the CakePHP manual but I plan on re-reading it anyway . The "var $uses = " is the solution. Thanks anyway, and sorry for the extra noise...........;-)
http://manual.cakephp.org/chapter/controllers On Nov 14, 5:18 pm, ldb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > G'day > > I feel that I am somewhat standing in front of a forest shooting at > it, hoping to hit a tree looking for what would cause the following. I > am hoping I've just missed something in my usage of CakePHP here and > someone can refer me to the right doc. > > I have a controller called "model_alternates_controller.php" which > contains the following lines (amoung others): > > $this->ModelAlternate->recursive = 0; > $this->set('modelAlternates', > $this->ModelAlternate->findAll()); > > $this->set('tirelist', $this->ModelAlternate- > > >generateList( )); > > I have two views defined in the following structure: > app/views/model_alternates/index.thtml > app/views/models/index.thtml > > In app/views/model_alternates/index.thtml, I have the following: > <div> > <?php > echo $html->selectTag('ModelAlternate/ > alt_model_id', $tirelist, null, array('Model_Number' => > 'model_alternates')); > ?> > > </div> > > This works fine in the models_alternates view but putting the same > lines in the "models/index.thtml" just gives me "Notice: Undefined > variable: tirelist in </cakehome/app/views/models/index.thtml on line > 16". It uses the same controller, maybe I am fighting the naming > conventions between models/controllers and views? > > I was originally trying to set up display that when a model code was > selected, the other box of "alternate choices" would change according > to the contents of that table. But the model_alternates table has an > autoincrement key as the primary. I was trying what I had read about > for setting that scenario up and it was not working so I set this up > as a "smaller" test to make sure I hadn't misunderstood the basics of > the selects in CakePHP. I figure I missed reading something but have > been reading alot today, mostly wrong turns but very educational ones. > Can anyone please tell me which grove of trees to aim for? > > Thanks....... > -- > ldb --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
