Is there any way to force change the model that helpers use? I'm
trying to get a form from one model populating inside a view for
another.
For instance, the value field in a form is filled by the value
function in /cake/libs/helper.php.
The following line (478) checks for suitable data to populate a form
with:
if (isset($this->data[$this->model()][$this->field()])) {
Just before that line, I'll put some test code in:
if (isset($this->data)) {
$result .= "we have data!";
}
else{
$result .="we don't have data!";
}
Calling it from the URL /users/edit/5, returns a positive result, but
from /articles/index won't, even though the form I want to populate
(and thus that the helper needs to scout the data for) is embedded in
the same page.
My form code is this:
$this->data = requestaction('/users/edit/5');
echo $form->create('User', array('url' => '/users/edit/'.$my_id'));?>
echo $form->input('User.id');
echo $form->input('User.content');
The requestAction nicely returns the data, but the form helpers don't
notice it as they are looking at a higher level for direction on which
model/controller to focus on. Is there any way to divert the helper to
look at something else? I know I could use:
echo $form->input('id',array('value'=>$this->data['User']['id']));
But it would be nice if there was a way for $form->input('id') to work
without having to manually set everything.
Any ideas?
Any suggestions?
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