A hidden field could accomplish exactly what you are looking to do.
$form->input('User.user_id', array('type' => 'hidden', 'value' =>
$this->Session->read('Auth.User.id'));
The user id will accessible in your controller through $this->data
HTH
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 12:53 PM, Paul Wheatley <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a add view that you have to be logged in to get to.
>
> What i am trying to do is add the UserID of the person creating the record
> to the table so that later i can display only posts that relate to him/her.
> I have a field called user_id and sort of hoped that Cake would do a
> similar thing to "created" and just fill it in but alas no.
>
> I think what i need to do is create a hidden field in my form thats value
> is generated from the Auth session data but i am not sure how to go about
> it.
>
> Can anyone help?
>
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