You may not think it now but your form IS related to a model ;-)
See Jonathan snooks example of a contact form:
http://snook.ca/archives/cakephp/contact_form_cakephp/
Jonathan creates a tableless model and defines the schema by hand.
That way you get all the benefit of cake's helpers (validation etc.)
On Aug 26, 5:29 pm, Enrique Delgado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks Samuel and validkeys.
>
> Samuel, very true, I do like extending the functionality of CakePHP,
> that is probably one of the best ways to go when we need something
> more custom.
>
> This time, I had totally overlooked the regular Form helper methods
> like text(), password(), etc. Thanks validkeys for pointing this out.
> I was getting too caught up and spoiled by the input() automagic
> method, my bad.
>
> Using the regular methods works just fine.
>
> Thanks!
>
> On Aug 26, 11:15 am, validkeys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> > Hey Enrique,
>
> > You could still use the regular forms:
>
> > <?php echo $form->create('Search',array('url' => '/search','type' =>
> > 'get')) ?>
>
> > <?php echo $form->text('query',array('type' => 'textarea')) ?>
>
> > <?php echo $form->end('Search!') ?>
>
> > On Aug 26, 11:45 am, Enrique Delgado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
>
> > > Hi All,
>
> > > The core Form helper works great as long as you have a model behind
> > > it, but what about forms that are not related to a model?
>
> > > Is there any helpers that I can use in the view? Or do I just code
> > > plain HTML?
>
> > > Thanks!
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