Almost, but $value_2 will never be assigned. Perhaps the OP could shed
some light on the bigger picture as there may be a better way to
approach this.
On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 5:07 AM, rich...@home<richardath...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> You don't need the else branch in the 2nd example, its taken care of
> in the read:
>
> // fetch back the record with an id of $var
> $post = $this->Post->read(null, $var);
>
> // update the record
> $post['Post']['options'] = value1;
>
> // save the record
> $this->Post->save($post);
>
> In the first example, you fetch back a number of records and loop
> through them looking for one with an id of $var. It's quite likely
> that id will be unique (its should be a primary key) so there's no
> need for the loop.
>
>
> On Aug 20, 5:21 pm, albe <radialremo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> foreach($posts as $p) {
>>
>> if ($p['Post']['id'] == $var) {
>> $p['Post']['options'] = value1;
>> } else {
>> $p['Post']['options'] = value 2;
>> }
>> $this->Post->save($p);
>>
>> }
>>
>> This works! I just can't say how much I am grateful for your help!
>> However I still don't understand why my code was wrong...
>>
>> About your second way:
>>
>> $post = $this->Post->read(null, $var);
>> $post['Post']['options'] = value1;
>> $this->Post->save($post);
>>
>> If I use this, where shall i put the ELSE branch?
>>
>> On 20 Ago, 18:00, "rich...@home" <richardath...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> > Shouldn't that be:
>>
>> > foreach($posts as $p) {
>>
>> > if ($p['Post']['id'] == $var) {
>> > $p['Post']['options'] = value1;
>> > } else {
>> > $p['Post']['options'] = value 2;
>> > }
>> > $this->Post->save($p);
>>
>> > }
>>
>> > also, if you are just matching against the id, you could just write it
>> > as:
>>
>> > $post = $this->Post->read(null, $var);
>> > $post['Post']['options'] = value1;
>> > $this->Post->save($post);
>>
>> > and forget about the loop
>>
>> > On Aug 20, 3:26 pm, AD7six <andydawso...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > > On 20 ago, 15:39, albe <radialremo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > > > I have to make a foreach cycle to check every item of a certain group.
>> > > > For each and every item I've got to check a condition and make a data
>> > > > modification depending on this condition.
>> > > > My code is the following:
>>
>> > > > foreach($posts as $p) {
>>
>> > > > $this->Post->id = $p['Post']['id']; //consider the posts one
>> > > > by one
>>
>> > > > if ($this->Post->id == $var) {
>> > > > $this->data['Post']['options'] = value1;
>> > > > } else {
>> > > > $this->data['Post']['options'] = value 2;
>> > > > }
>>
>> > > > $this->Post->save($this->data);
>>
>> > > > }
>>
>> > > > Here is my problem: the modifications are performed correctly for the
>> > > > IF branch, but NEVER for the else branch.
>> > > > Do you know why this occurs?
>>
>> > > aliens?
> >
>
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