You should be setting all required data in your controller. If you
have
$this->data = $this->User->read( null, $user_id );
in your controller, then your form will automatically populate.
On Dec 20, 7:41 am, jon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is there any way to force change the model that helpers use? I'm
> trying to get a form from one model populating inside a view for
> another.
>
> For instance, the value field in a form is filled by the value
> function in /cake/libs/helper.php.
>
> The following line (478) checks for suitable data to populate a form
> with:
>
> if (isset($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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