Hi Brian,
Thanks - will try that out right away! :)
On Jul 4, 7:12 pm, brian <bally.z...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Add a user_id column to the posts table. You should use that as your
> foreign key.
>
> As for filling it in automatically, you can do that right before
> save() in PostsController::add()
>
> $this->data['Posts']['user_id'] = $this->Auth->user('id');
>
> On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 12:55 PM, eMilk<emil.kja...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi all you experienced bakers.
>
> > I'm new to the world of CakePHP, so forgive me if this is a very basic
> > question.
> > I followed a few tutorials, and have a question about getting
> > information filled automagically into the different fields of the
> > table.
>
> > First off, I extended the blog tutorial with a simple implementation
> > of Auth, based heavily on what I could find here:
> >http://mrphp.com.au/code/code-category/cakephp/cakephp-1-2/simple-aut...
>
> > Then, I've extended on the blog tutorial, and have been adding new
> > fields to the "posts" table from the example. One of the new fields, I
> > created is 'username'.
>
> > Here's the deal: I'd really like to have the 'username' field being
> > filled automagically based on what user is logged in, just like it
> > does to both the 'modified' and 'created' fields by default in the
> > blog-tutorial.
>
> > From the blog-tutorial, bottom: [10.1.2 Creating the Blog Database]
> > "Check out "CakePHP Conventions" for more information, but suffice it
> > to say that naming our table 'posts' automatically hooks it to our
> > Post model, and having fields called 'modified' and 'created' will be
> > automagically managed by Cake."
>
> > Thanks in advance!
> > Best regards,
> > Emil K
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