Thanks Calvin. I get it.
On May 20, 8:44 pm, calvin <cal...@rottenrecords.com> wrote:
> I mean referencing the model object itself, i.e. $this->User->find()
> instead of $model->find() or User->find().
>
> On May 20, 10:18 am, bradmaxs <b...@pezzano.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Thanks Calvin.
>
> > When you say access models from controllers, do you mean with find().
>
> > Trying some different methods as we speak.
>
> > On May 20, 4:07 am, calvin <cal...@rottenrecords.com> wrote:
>
> > > Assuming that's exactly what your code looks like, the
> > > T_OBJECT_OPERATOR error is probably because you're putting a
> > > T_OBJECT_OPERATOR ("->") after a constant ("User"). If you want the
> > > model, then you need to write $this->User. Likewise, unless you
> > > declared a variable previously named $model, calling $model-
>
> > > >anything() is going to result in an error.
>
> > > Jeremy's recommendations are good, but you should still read up on how
> > > to access models from controllers in the Cookbook. That will help you
> > > avoid encountering similar errors in the future.
>
> > > On May 19, 7:17 pm, bradmaxs <b...@pezzano.com> wrote:
>
> > > > I want to send an email with the email component. No problem there.
>
> > > > However, I don't want it to be a hidden field in the form so I thought
> > > > I could do something in the controller.
>
> > > > So I did this line:
>
> > > > $email = $this->User->find('first', array('conditions' =>
> > > > array('User.id' => $this->data['Friend']['friend_id']), 'fields' =>
> > > > 'User.email_address'));
>
> > > > Which to my surprise (still learning all of these functions) it did
> > > > get the email address but the find function turns the info into an
> > > > array and then the email component has an array to deal with rather
> > > > than the specific string (email_address).
>
> > > > I thought I could use the field() method but I am confused as to how
> > > > to get it to work and there isn't much documentation.
>
> > > > I tried:
>
> > > > $email = User->field('email_address', array('id' => $this-
>
> > > > >data['Friend']['friend_id']));
>
> > > > and got:
>
> > > > Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_OBJECT_OPERATOR in /var/www/
> > > > vhosts/theactorstoolkit.com/httpdocs/app/controllers/
> > > > users_controller.php on line 69
>
> > > > which shows up on the screen before I even get to the page.
>
> > > > I tried:
>
> > > > $email = $model->field('email_address', array('id' => $this-
>
> > > > >data['Friend']['friend_id']));
>
> > > > and once I submit the form it gives me:
>
> > > > Notice (8): Undefined variable: model [APP/controllers/
> > > > users_controller.php, line 69]
>
> > > > Anyone know how this should be done.
>
> > > > Thank you!
>
> > > > Brad
>
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