Try this to close your controller action:
$this->render('VIEW', 'ajax');
where VIEW is the name of your view. (or element?)
On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 12:30 PM, brammeleman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I'm trying to create a simple Ajax based form. These are the steps
> I've taken along with the questions that came up:
>
> I've managed to get the forms' content into a div element. Done by
> creating an 'ajax' instead of an 'html' link. When I submit the form,
> I get redirected back to the index view showing the modified or added
> record. All fine!
> But, when the form validation fails, I get redirected to the form
> directly rendered into the layout (instead of in the div element).
>
> To solve this problem, I've replaced the $form->create helper call by
> the $ajax->form helper call in the form view. Telling the $ajax->form
> function to update the div element.
>
> Q1) what's the difference in using $ajax->form and $ajax->submit?
> should one of them be used exclusively? or do they need to be used in
> a pair (like $form->create and $form->end)?
>
> Now it works nice when the form validation fails. But when the
> submitted data validates, the redirected (index) page gets rendered in
> the div. The funny thing is that somehow the requesthanler doesn't
> know it's an ajax request. It renders the content in the default
> layout.
>
> I'm obviously missing the point somewhere....
> Q2) how can you make sure that form stays in the div, but when it
> validates you get a non-ajax redirect?
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
> Bram
>
> ps: someone else apparently posted a similar question in the bin:
> http://bin.cakephp.org/saved/521
> >
>
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