I never uses other than $form->input() myself, so never saw your issue. Although I do use the "type" option in order to ensure a correct field type - not relying on the automagic of the $form->input method :)
About now it would be good to hear something from one of the CakePHP experts, so hopefully one will show up :) Enjoy, John On May 23, 6:41 pm, Ed Propsner <crotchf...@gmail.com> wrote: > @John > > You're right, I went back and looked and I was indeed using $form->input() > on the earlier forms. I understand that $form->input has a bit of > "automagic" that comes along with it but I honestly never would have never > given a second thought that $form->select() wouldn't be so concerned with > validation. My forms aren't just a select fields, they are a mixed bag of > all kinds of elements (would that make a diff?) although none are using > $form->input() at this point. I'm not sure why I switched to coding the form > elements differently in the first place, I guess I figured that if there's a > specific tag available for the job, why not use it? It says right in the > book under the form helper description "FormHelper focuses on creating forms > quickly, in a way that will streamline validation, re-population and > layout". I had my sights set on the part about streamlining validation but > then again, it does validate. > > Since they are both form helpers what would make the difference of why one > displays the errors and the other don't? They both re-populate and do > everything else they are supposed to. I would imagine that if you didn't > want the message you could just omit 'message' => from the validation in the > model. If what you're saying is indeed correct then I don't feel entirely > foolish over this one. It would be very misleading to have some form helpers > display the messages while others don't and not have that clearly defined in > the book (or am I missing that part?). > > Thanks John > > - Ed > [snip] 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
