I'd go with euromark's answer :) He's right about the field being easily manipulated.
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 1:03 PM, Ed Propsner <[email protected]> wrote: > 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? >> >> -- >> Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials >> http://tv.cakephp.org >> Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help >> others with their CakePHP related questions. >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<cake-php%[email protected]>For >> more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php >> > > -- Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php
