save all data in single statement without loop - cakephp

Question

How to save all data in cakePHP. Suppose I have number of records regarding single model I wish to save all data at a time. My array is in format.
Array
(
[Attendance] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[date] => 2013-10-09
[user_id] => 10
[attendance] => 1
)
[1] => Array
(
[date] => 2013-10-09
[user_id] => 8
[attendance] => 0
)
)
)
Is this possible to save all data a single time. I tried to do it using saveMany but it was not successful.
Do I need to do it in loop
foreach ($result as $data) {
$this->Attendance->create();
$this->request->data['Attendance'] = $data;
$this->Attendance->save($this->request->data);
}

Answer 1

Try saveMany instead of save
$this->Attendance->saveMany($this->request->data);
data should be in this format :
Array
(
[1] => Array
(
[Attendance] => Array
(
[field] => value
[field] => value
)
)
[2] => Array
(
[Attendance] => Array
(
[field_1] => value
[field_2] => value
)
)
)

Answer 2

CakePHP will save each record for each id you have on the array. The only requirement is to use the array structure convention by them, then use:
// Check method request
if ($this->request->is('post')) {
// Check not empty data
if (!empty($this->data)) {
// Save the data
if ($this-> Attendance->save($this->request->data)) {
// Set a session flash message and redirect.
$this->Session->setFlash('Attendance saved.');
$this->redirect('/Attendances');
} else {
$this->Session->setFlash('Error saving the data.');
}
}
}