Paul, I, for one, don't understand what you are trying to do. Why is the "user" selecting a textbox? Is this an end user/ Or is it a client- type user (someone building their website)?
You say this is your first time using CakePHP so the following might be of help: In CakePHP much on the drudgery of building forms can happen automagically if you follow conventions. In general, the type of from element (input, textbox, radio button) is dependent on the datatype of the corresponding field in the database and hence the model. FormHelper reads the DB schema and can automatically generate the correct form elements. You should look over this: http://book.cakephp.org/view/189/Automagic-Form-Elements I think you should be able use to the FormHelper extensively (your option c). In your option (d) you mention doing validation in JS. CakePHP is setup to do validation via the model in PHP. See: http://book.cakephp.org/view/125/Data-Validation I have created my own form builder helper that build upon the features of CakePHP (FormHelper mainly) but adds formatting and hints to each form element. It makes use of arrays that I add to each model: skipField, hiddenField, and fieldHint. skipField - if a field name is included in this array, my helper skips it. i.e. there is no form element generated for this field (ex. page_id - a field that is part of a belongsTo relation which the user should never change) hiddenField - a field like 'id' that is needed to be passed as a hidden form element. The existing value from the DB is made a "hidden" form element. fieldHint - Any explanatory text/instructions for the user as they fill out the form. HTH, Ken On Feb 6, 8:43 am, "@pauldatta" <pkdatta2...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > I am working on building a form builder module for the past three days ... Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://cakeqs.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. 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
