You can make you own method in the model that will query the DB. Then you can make computation in your fields such as $this->data['Model'] ['totalprice'] = $this->data['Model']['unitprice'] * $this- >data['Model']['number']; Then you can use data['Model']['totalprice'] in your view (just an example) hth
On Jan 13, 1:38 am, Tim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm new to CakePHP and PHP5, i'm on v1.2 beta. I can successfully > query the database and display data from the table, but i'd like to > also show a calculated field. I had presumed I put it in the model, > but it seems the data available in the view is just an array, not an > object. Can anyone point me in the right direction to show calculated > fields? > > Thanks > > Tim --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---