Re: Automagic Form (Drop down list)
good idea :) @leo i think its supposed to be in the view - in contradiction to the default value. but as with many things - it comes down to personal preferation in the end On 16 Jun., 17:27, Shaz wrote: > Whoa! So much info! Thanks all; beginning to like cake more and more > day by day. > > I settled for using $displayField in the model; am trying to keep the > controller as skinny as possible. 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
Re: Automagic Form (Drop down list)
Whoa! So much info! Thanks all; beginning to like cake more and more day by day. I settled for using $displayField in the model; am trying to keep the controller as skinny as possible. 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
Re: Automagic Form (Drop down list)
> usually you dont pass the dummy field via controller
> there is an empty field param for it
>
> echo $this->Form->input('category_id', array('options'=>$cats,
> 'empty=>'dummyName');
I prefer to handle this kind of logic in the controller.
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Re: Automagic Form (Drop down list)
and last but not least
if you want to set default values - this is NOT done in the views
many make that mistake
this is actually done in the controller
if (!empty($this->data)) {
...
} else {
// set default values here
$this->data['Model']['field'] = 'defautlValue';
}
this way after a post and some validation errors the defaults dont
override any chances
otherwise they would always jump back to default - which is really
annoying for users
On 15 Jun., 19:25, calvin wrote:
> And also, if you have a nonstandard display field that isn't just
> being used for this particular select input, then you will probably
> want to set the $displayField property in your model so cake can
> automagically display that field in find('list') results and in
> tables.
>
> On Jun 15, 8:46 am, euromark wrote:
>
>
>
> > usually you dont pass the dummy field via controller
> > there is an empty field param for it
>
> > echo $this->Form->input('category_id', array('options'=>$cats,
> > 'empty=>'dummyName');
> > or
> > echo $this->Form->input('category_id', array('options'=>$cats,
> > 'empty=>array('dummyFieldValue'=>'dummyName')));
>
> > On 15 Jun., 17:35, leo wrote:
>
> > > You might also want to do this if you want to specify which fields to
> > > return:
> > > $this->set('categories', $this->Item->Category-
>
> > > >find('list',array('fields'=>array('id','other_name'));
>
> > > If you need to add a dummy field, try:
> > > $categories = array(0=>'unassigned') +
> > > $this->Item->Category->find('list',array('fields'=>array('id','other_name')
> > > );
>
> > > $this->set('categories', $categories);
>
> > > And in the view, if your categories aren't appearing (because the
> > > naming is different) try:
> > > echo $this->Form->input('category_id',array('options'=>$cats));
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Re: Automagic Form (Drop down list)
And also, if you have a nonstandard display field that isn't just
being used for this particular select input, then you will probably
want to set the $displayField property in your model so cake can
automagically display that field in find('list') results and in
tables.
On Jun 15, 8:46 am, euromark wrote:
> usually you dont pass the dummy field via controller
> there is an empty field param for it
>
> echo $this->Form->input('category_id', array('options'=>$cats,
> 'empty=>'dummyName');
> or
> echo $this->Form->input('category_id', array('options'=>$cats,
> 'empty=>array('dummyFieldValue'=>'dummyName')));
>
> On 15 Jun., 17:35, leo wrote:
>
> > You might also want to do this if you want to specify which fields to
> > return:
> > $this->set('categories', $this->Item->Category-
>
> > >find('list',array('fields'=>array('id','other_name'));
>
> > If you need to add a dummy field, try:
> > $categories = array(0=>'unassigned') +
> > $this->Item->Category->find('list',array('fields'=>array('id','other_name'));
>
> > $this->set('categories', $categories);
>
> > And in the view, if your categories aren't appearing (because the
> > naming is different) try:
> > echo $this->Form->input('category_id',array('options'=>$cats));
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Re: Automagic Form (Drop down list)
usually you dont pass the dummy field via controller
there is an empty field param for it
echo $this->Form->input('category_id', array('options'=>$cats,
'empty=>'dummyName');
or
echo $this->Form->input('category_id', array('options'=>$cats,
'empty=>array('dummyFieldValue'=>'dummyName')));
On 15 Jun., 17:35, leo wrote:
> You might also want to do this if you want to specify which fields to
> return:
> $this->set('categories', $this->Item->Category-
>
> >find('list',array('fields'=>array('id','other_name'));
>
> If you need to add a dummy field, try:
> $categories = array(0=>'unassigned') +
> $this->Item->Category->find('list',array('fields'=>array('id','other_name'));
>
> $this->set('categories', $categories);
>
> And in the view, if your categories aren't appearing (because the
> naming is different) try:
> echo $this->Form->input('category_id',array('options'=>$cats));
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Re: Automagic Form (Drop down list)
You might also want to do this if you want to specify which fields to
return:
$this->set('categories', $this->Item->Category-
>find('list',array('fields'=>array('id','other_name'));
If you need to add a dummy field, try:
$categories = array(0=>'unassigned') + $this->Item->Category-
>find('list',array('fields'=>array('id','other_name'));
$this->set('categories', $categories);
And in the view, if your categories aren't appearing (because the
naming is different) try:
echo $this->Form->input('category_id',array('options'=>$cats));
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Re: Automagic Form (Drop down list)
You might also want to do this if you want to specify which fields to
return:
$this->set('categories', $this->Item->Category-
>find('list',array('fields'=>array('id','other_name'));
If you need to add a dummy field, try:
$categories = array(0=>'unassigned') + $this->Item->Category-
>find('list',array('fields'=>array('id','other_name'));
$this->set('categories', $categories);
And in the view, if your categories aren't appearing (because the
naming is different) try:
echo $this->Form->input('category_id',array('options'=>$cats));
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Re: Automagic Form (Drop down list)
Let's assume that you are working with Items, each of which is in a category -
so you need a Category drop down.
In the items_controller action that calls your form, do the following:
$this->set('categories', $this->Item->Category->find('list');
In your view, type this:
echo $this->Form->input('category_id');
Cake will automatically tie up your $categories variable (created by
this->set('categories', etc...) and use it as the option list for the drop
down. The stored value will be 'id', the displayed value will be 'name'. This
does - of course - assume that you have adhered to Cake's table and field
naming conventions.
Jeremy Burns
Class Outfit
jeremybu...@classoutfit.com
http://www.classoutfit.com
On 15 Jun 2010, at 14:00, Shaz wrote:
> Probably something really simple but I can't figure it out / find
> information on it:
>
> Got a form (add article) with a drop down list (categories). How do I
> get it to show the category names rather than id while still
> maintaining the id as the value?
>
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Automagic Form (Drop down list)
Probably something really simple but I can't figure it out / find information on it: Got a form (add article) with a drop down list (categories). How do I get it to show the category names rather than id while still maintaining the id as the value? 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
