There is! The correct way is to set $this->data['Tag'][0] = array( 'tag_id' => $foo, 'tagger_id' => $bar );
Does this seem unintuitive to anyone else? I think updating the CakePHP Book with saving and retrieving join table data would be very helpful, as this information is hard to find On Mar 4, 10:30 pm, Omi <omi.chowdh...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've searched through the groups and web, but I can't find any mention > of SAVING to the model, only reading from it. > > Some example Models: > > Recipes HABTM Tags > The "recipies_tags" table has an extra column which is "tagger_id" > > I have tried setting the value in $this->data before the save but this > doesn't propagate back to the DB - the HABTM saves with the third > column empty > (I tried: > $this->data['RecipiesTag']['tagger_id'] > $this->data['Tag']['RecipiesTag']['tagger_id'] > $this->data['Recipie']['RecipiesTag']['tagger_id'] > - are there any more locations I should try?) > > I did find a way of saving to the third column, but it seems pretty > hacky: > > $recipiestag = $this->Tag->RecipiesTag->find('first', array > ('conditions' => array( > > > 'RecipiesTag.tag_id' => > $this->data['Tag'] > ['tag_id'], > > > 'RecipiesTag.user_id' => > $this->data['User'] > ['id'] > > > ) > > ) > > ); > > $this->Tag->RecipiesTag->id = $recipiestag ['RecipiesTag']['id']; > $this->Tag->RecipiesTag->saveField('tagger_id', $user_id); > > Is there a better way of doing this? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---