Well the only issue is that the client wants all the data and the add device on the same view. There will possible be more mini forms as well. I would prefer to break it up into logical chunks but its not my call.
Would AJAX get me out of this? If I only have to update a region of the page its different than a redirect. -----Original Message----- From: cake-php@googlegroups.com [mailto:cake-...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of brian Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 9:17 PM To: cake-php@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Brain sprain On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 3:55 PM, RhythmicDevil <rhythmicde...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > I am having a brain sprain. I have a controller Subscribers that has > two actions 'view' and 'add_device'. View is called from the index > page with a Subscriber ID and then shows all the Subscriber's details. > In the 'view' view there is a form to add a device. This form's action > points at 'subscribers/add_device' and passes the subscriber_id and > the device_id. > > If the device_id is empty I want to send the user back to the 'view' > view (I have to change that name) populated with the Subscriber's > data. For some reason I cant figure out how to do that in a simple > way. Because each call to a view is separate request the data does not > persist. Would someone be so kind as to point out the obvious to me? Usually, the way this sort of thing is handled is to put the form in the "add" view. This way, if the save fails, Cake can simply re-display the form. If it succeeds, a redirect occurs. Would it be possible to put a regular link in the "view" view that pointed to controller::add_device()? You could append the subscriber_id to the URL. Or, you could use a hidden field in a form with a GET method. So, things would look something lie this: request: /subscribers/view/:id display: the subscriber's info, plus link/form to add device request: /subscribers/add_device/:id display: the form If the POST fails, you simply don't redirect and Cake will re-display the same form, though with an error msg if you've set that up. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
