This may just be a typo in your post but you're using
$html->password() for a regular input. It should be
<?php echo $html->input('User/profile', array('size' => 20)); ?>
I can't give any pointers for Cake 1.x but if you upgrade to the 1.2x
branch you can do this:
<?php echo $form->create('User', array('action' => 'add'); ?>
<?php echo $form->input('User.username', array('size' => 20)); ?>
<?php echo $form->input('User.profile', array('size' => 20)); ?>
<?php echo $form->password('User.password', array('size' => 20)); ?>
And then put something like the follwing in your User model.
var $validate = array(
'username' => array(
'valid' => array(
'rule' => array('minLength', 1),
'required' => false,
'allowEmpty' => false,
'message' => '...'
),
'duplicate' => array(
'rule' => 'validateDuplicateUsername',
'on' => 'add',
'message' => '...'
)
),
'profile' => array(
'valid' => array(
'rule' => array('minLength', 1),
'required' => false,
'allowEmpty' => false,
'message' => '...'
),
'duplicate' => array(
'rule' => 'validateDuplicateProfile',
'on' => 'add',
'message' => '...'
)
),
// other fields
);
function validateDuplicateUsername($value)
{
// return false if not empty
$res = $this->findByUsername($value);
}
On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 11:21 AM, Chez17 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I am having issues making sure that a field is unique. I am beginner
> so please go easy on me. Right now, I am trying to create a simple
> login system where the user name name and profile name have to be
> unique. I have been cutting and pasting some stuff together and I
> can't seem to get this to work out. Here is a sample of my 'create'
> view:
>
> <label for="profile">Profile Name:</label>
> <?php echo $html->password('User/profile', array('size' => 20)); ?>
> <?php echo $html->tagErrorMsg('User/profile', 'You need to enter a
> profile name.') ?>
>
> Now, here is my validation function:
>
> var $validate = array(
> 'username' => VALID_NOT_EMPTY,
> 'password' => VALID_NOT_EMPTY,
> 'profile' => VALID_NOT_EMPTY
> );
> When I tried use custom rules and try to make the validate array check
> for uniqueness, my message gets lost. It will keep displaying the
> 'You need to enter a profile name' error message, not the one I
> specify in the validate array. So now I am trying to do some custom
> validation, but I don't understand the find() function. I couldn't
> find one concrete example of how to use it. I am too much of a
> beginner to understand the API that they put out.
>
> I would like to know how to solve my problem both ways. How can I get
> the message from the validate function to my view? Also, how can I
> write a custom find() statement so I can check if a profile name is
> already in the database?
>
> Thanks for your time,
> Dave
> >
>
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