echo $this->Form->create('Driver', array('type' => 'get'));
echo $this->Form->input('name');
echo $this->Form->end('Search');
as result $this->request:
query => array(
'name' => 'some name'
)
Problem is input form is empty after search although $this->request->query['name'] = 'some name'
Everything works as expected when change form back to post
Edit. Included the model and the controller. For testing I use clean install.
Model (Driver.php):
App::uses('AppModel', 'Model');
class Driver extends AppModel {
public $displayField = 'name';
}
Controller (DriversController.php):
App::uses('AppController', 'Controller');
class DriversController extends AppController {
public function index() {
$drivers = $this->Driver->find('all');
$this->set(compact('drivers'));
}
}
In your controller code you do not show us where you are trying to access the submitted form values so I will try and give some general information to get you moving.
To access your form data, you need to cool use request. To see exactly what is going on, enter in your controller one of the below...
print_r($this->request->data);
or
print_r($this->request);
Either of those will show you any data registered with CakePHP.
If you want to save this save using your Models. use...
$this->Driver->save($this->request->data)
You might want to check it is a post first though.. lets complete the code...
public function submit() {
if ($this->request->is('post')) {
$this->Driver->create();
if ($this->Driver->save($this->request->data)) {
$this->Session->setFlash('Saved.');
$this->redirect(array('action' => 'index'));
} else {
$this->Session->setFlash('FAILED');
}
}
}
The information above can be read in further detail here.
You can set form values by assigning to $this->data.
$this->data = $this->request->query;
Related
So I started to play around with cakePHP after i did the blog tutorial (yes im new), and i would like to do something complicated. Like, theres a comment form, which is simple it contains Name and the Comment. And I would like to send the data to another application in the same host, which is save this comment in the DB. Currently the Comments/add.ctp saves it.
Thanks for any advice!
So theres the CommentsControll.php
<?php
class CommentsController extends AppController{
public $components = 'Session'
public function add(){
if($this->request->is('POST')){
$this->Comment->create();
if($this->Comment->save($this->request->data)){
$this->Session->setFlash('Your comment is saved!')
}
}
}
}
?>
And theres the Comments/add.ctp file
<?php
echo $this->Form->create('Comment');
echo $this->Form->input('name', array(
'label' => 'Your Name'
));
echo $this->Form->input('commenttext',array(
'label' => 'Your Comment'
));
echo $this->Form->end('Submit');
?>
Solution HttpSocket
CakePHP includes an HttpSocket class which can be used easily for making requests. It is a great way to communicate with external webservices, or remote apis.
// in your controller
App::uses('HttpSocket', 'Network/Http'); // This should be at the top of your Controller
class CommentsController extends AppController{
public $components = 'Session'
public function add(){
if($this->request->is('POST')){
$this->Comment->create();
$HttpSocket = new HttpSocket();
$response = $HttpSocket->post('http://example.com/add', $this->request->data));
// Get the status code for the response.
$code = $results->code;
if($code == 200) {
$this->Session->setFlash('Your comment is saved!');
} else {
$this->Session->setFlash('Opps! Somthing is wrong!');
}
}
}
}
Also see here CakePHP HttpSocket
i am new to cake and using version 2.
i have models
hgcylinder.php
class HgCylinder extends AppModel {
//put your code here
var $name= "HgCylinder";
var $belongsTo = array('HgKeyGase');
}
hgkeygase.php
class HgKeyGase extends AppModel {
//put your code here
var $name= "HgKeyGase";
public $belongsTo = array(
'HgKeyColor' => array(
'className' => 'HgKeyColor',
'foreignKey' => 'hg_key_color_id',
'conditions' => '',
'fields' => '',
'order' => ''
)
);
}
Controller HgCylindersController.php
<?php
class HgCylindersController extends AppController
{
var $name = "HgCylinders";
// var $scaffold;
function index()
{
$this->set('hey',$this->HgCylinder->find('all'));
}
public function edit($id = null) {
$this->HgCylinder->id = $id;
if ($this->request->is('post')) {
var_dump($this->request->data);
exit;
if ($this->HgCylinder->save($this->request->data)) {
$this->Session->setFlash(__('Cylinder has been updated successfull'));
$this->redirect(array('action' => 'index'));
} else {
$this->Session->setFlash(__('The cylinder could not be saved. Please, try again.'));
}
} else {
$this->request->data = $this->HgCylinder->read(null, $id);
}
$hg_key_gase_id = $this->HgCylinder->HgKeyGase->find('list');
$this->set(compact('hg_key_gase_id'));
}
}
?>
View : edit.ctp
<?php
echo $this->form->create('HgCylinder',array('action'=>'edit'));
echo $this->form->input('hg_key_gase_id',);
echo $this->form->input("capacityM3");
echo $this->form->input("weightEmpty");
echo $this->form->input("weightFilled");
echo $this->form->input("isFilled");
echo $this->form->end('Add');
?>
my problem is hg_key_gase_id is become select list with no options. if i changed the name to "hgKeyGas" in view and controller it shows the options from the hg_key_gases table. but on saving does not saving the value of hg_key_gase_id field in hg_cylinders table instead it stores null in this field.
second i want to know that it is necessary to have variable name passing to view from controller exactly same for as field in table.
try to stick to conventions.
so its
$hgKeyGases = $this->HgCylinder->HgKeyGase->find('list');
$this->set(compact('hgKeyGases'));
the pluralized form will be able to populate your select box (as documented in the cook book)
also use $this->Form->input() (note the capital F). $name is not necessary.
dont use read(), use find(first) instead. dont set the action (the form will post to itself by default).
and most importantly. ALWAYS respect the casing of files in your filesystem. especially if you plan on deploying on NIX systems (which are case sensitive).
so it would be HgCylinder.php and HgKeyGase.php as Model class files.
last tip: use baking (cake bake via shell console) to bake your crud files. this way you learn how its done the right way. it would have also answered your question itself by the way.
the documentation can be found here: http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/index.html
maybe you found an old outdated version, the 2.x one is the one you should have used.
Good Day to all. I am currently developing a chat application using cakePHP. It will be a chat application that focuses on answering questions. That means the user will receive an automated response based on his/her question. I am working on the chat interface right now that doesn't require the user to login. The chat application will only be interacting to a database table once the user has sent the question. Now my problem is on how to send the question to a method in the controller where it will be parsed. I tried to do the following in the view file:
<!--View/People/index.ctp-->
<h1>This is the chat interface</h1>
<?php $this->Html->charset(); ?>
<p>
<!--This is the text area where the response will be shown-->
<?php
echo $this->Form->create(null);
echo $this->Form->textarea('responseArea', array('readonly' => true, 'placeholder' =>
'***********************************************************************************
WELCOME! I am SANTI. I will be the one to answer your questions regarding the enrollment process
and other information related to it. ***********************************************************************************', 'class' => 'appRespArea'));
echo $this->Form->end();
?>
</p>
<p>
<!--This is the text area where the user will type his/her question-->
<?php
echo $this->Form->create(null, array('type' => 'get', 'controller' => 'people', 'action' => 'send', ));
echo $this->Form->textarea('userArea', array('placeholder' => 'Please type your question here', 'class' => 'userTextArea'));
echo $this->Form->end('Send');
?>
</p>
This is the controller:
<!--Controller/PeopleController.php-->
<?php
class PeopleController extends AppController{
public $helpers = array('Form');
public function index(){
}
public function send(){
//parsing logic goes here
}
}
?>
As you can see, I am telling the form in index.ctp to point the action to the send() method in PeopleController so it can parse the question before interacting with the database. The problem that arises when I click the button is that I am always redirected to /users/login which is not what I want to happen. I just want the application to point itself to /people/send. What seems to be the problem in that case? I have tried to look for answers both in the Internet and in the documentation and then tested them but nothing has resolved the problem so far. Can anyone please help me on this? I've been trying to resolve this for so many days.
I keep on getting this error:
Missing Method in UsersController
Error: The action *login* is not defined in controller *UsersController*
Error: Create *UsersController::login()* in file: app\Controller\UsersController.php.
<?php
class UsersController extends AppController {
public function login() {
}
}
If you are using Auth Component, then you might need to change your PeopleController code:
<!--Controller/PeopleController.php-->
<?php
class PeopleController extends AppController{
public $helpers = array('Form');
public beforeFilter()
{
parent:: beforeFilter();
$this->Auth->allow('index', 'send');
}
public function index(){
}
public function send(){
//parsing logic goes here
}
}
?>
This is because of you used people/send as a form action. And the user is not logged in, it means there is no any Auth session has been set. Thats why it always redirect the user to login page, and if there is not login page, then it will show you the error.
So I made the send() method also public, so that anyone can access it.
Hope this concept will help you.
On this page, a user would see a list of links which he himself/herself has posted, not including the rests which were posted by others. I'm in the middle of writing the function in one of my models, e.g. news
I am trying to use the idea of a dashboard: http://nuts-and-bolts-of-cakephp.com/2008/12/16/how-to-build-a-dashboard-for-your-application-in-cakephp/
I created my dashboards controller as:
function index () {
$this->set('news', ClassRegistry::init('News')->showmy());
}
// In my news::model I have a function called showmy()
function showmy() {
$userid = $this->Session->read('Auth.User.id');
$mynews = $this->News->find('all', array('conditions' => array('News.user_id' => '$userid')));
$this->set('mynews', $mynews);
}
//The error I get is as follow
Undefined property: News::$Session [APP\models\news.php, line 7]
Fatal error: Call to a member function read() on a non-object in C:\...\app\models\news.php on line 7
I know something is terribly wrong with the showmy function, can someone shed some light how do we write the function that only retrieves the posts by one user? or if the problems are minor, correct the function above?
Try this
You can't use Session from model so passit from controller
function index () {
$userid = $this->Session->read('Auth.User.id');
$this->set('news', ClassRegistry::init('News')->showmy($userid ));
}
function showmy($userid) {
return $this->find('all', array('conditions' => array('News.user_id' => $userid)));
}
My approach seems to be more documentation-like:
Let say you have PostsController with Post Model. When you do index on posts it's fine, you query for all posts. But for one user, I think you mean single index action in PostsController like:
class Post extends AppModel {
public $belongsTo = 'User'; // This way you're telling cakephp that one user can have many posts (he's posts' author)
}
class PostsController extends AppController {
public function viewByUser() {
$id = $this->Auth->user('id');
$posts = $this->Post->findAllById($id);
$this->set('posts', $posts);
}
}
And then, in your view, you build a table like for index action
http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/models/retrieving-your-data.html#magic-find-types
I'm trying to display custom messages like, 'this field should not be empty' or 'name not null' using the $validate array in the model. I have two controllers, main and users.
The index file of the main controller has the login and registration views. The action part of the login and register functions are in the user_controller. If the login and register function validate, they are redirected to the home page of the main controller,else they remain in the index page itself.
I want the validation messages to be displayed in the index page itself. But those messages appear only if there is a separate view file for login and register,i.e, /views/forms/register.ctp and /views/forms/login.ctp exist.
Is there a way to display those validation messages without having a separate view file for those functions? I have given my code below.Someone guide me please.
Model Class:
<?php
class User extends AppModel {
var $name = 'User';
var $components=array('Auth');
var $validate = array(
'name' => array(
'rule' => 'notEmpty',
'message' =>'Name cannot be null.'
),
'password' => array(
'rule' => 'notEmpty'
),
'email_id' => array(
'rule' => 'notEmpty'
)
);
function registerUser($data)
{
if (!empty($data))
{
$this->data['User']['name']=$data['User']['name'];
$this->data['User']['email_id']=$data['User']['email_id'];
$this->data['User']['password']=$data['User']['password'];
$existingUsers= $this->find('all');
foreach($existingUsers as $existingUser):
if($this->data['User']['email_id']==$existingUser['User']['email_id']){
return 0;
}
else{
$this->save($this->data);
$this->data['User']['id']= $this->find('all',array('fields' => array('User.id'),
'order' => 'User.id DESC'
));
$userId=$this->data['User']['id'][0]['User']['id'];
return $userId;
}
endforeach;
}
}
function loginUser($data)
{
$this->data['User']['email_id']=$data['User']['email_id'];
$this->data['User']['password']=$data['User']['password'];
$login=$this->find('all');
foreach($login as $form):
if($this->data['User']['email_id']==$form['User']['email_id'] && $this->data['User']['password']==$form['User']['password'])
{
$this->data['User']['id']= $this->find('all',array('fields' => array('User.id'),
'conditions'=>array('User.email_id'=> $this->data['User']['email_id'],'User.password'=>$this->data['User']['password'])
));
$userId=$this->data['User']['id'][0]['User']['id'];
return $userId;
}
endforeach;
}
}
?>
Controller Class:
<?php
class UsersController extends AppController
{
var $name = 'Users';
var $uses=array('Form','User','Attribute','Result');
var $helpers=array('Html','Ajax','Javascript','Form');
function register()
{
$this->Session->write('userId',$this->User->registerUser($this->data));
$this->User->data=$this->data;
if (!$this->User->validates())
{
$this->Session->setFlash('Please enter valid inputs');
$this->redirect('/main' );
return;
}
if($this->Session->read('userId')==0){
$this->Session->setFlash('You are already a registerd member.Log in your account');
$this->redirect('/main');
}
else{
$this->Session->setFlash('User account created');
$this->redirect('/main/home');
}
}
function login()
{
//$userId=$this->User->loginUser($this->data);
$this->Session->write('userId',$this->User->loginUser($this->data));
$this->User->data=$this->data;
if (!$this->User->validates())
{
$this->Session->setFlash('Please enter valid inputs');
$this->redirect('/main' );
return;
}
if($this->Session->read('userId')>0){
$this->Session->setFlash('Login Successful');
$this->redirect('/main/home');
break;
}
else{
$this->Session->setFlash('Username and password do not match.');
$this->redirect('/main');
}
}
}
?>
View Template:
<!-- File: /views/main/index.ctp-->
<div id="register">
<h3>Register</h3>
<?php
echo $form->create('User',array('action'=>'register'));
echo $form->input('name');
echo $form->input('email_id');
echo $form->input('password');
echo $form->end('Register');
?>
</div>
<div id="login">
<h3>Login</h3>
<?php
echo $form->create('User',array('action'=>'login'));
echo $form->input('email_id');
echo $form->input('password');
echo $form->end('Login');
?>
</div>
I think you're going about it the wrong way. You're doing way too much in the model, and you're also doing almost the same thing in the controller again after the fact. That's not good. Overall, honestly, the code is quite a mess for something so simple.
A huge WTF flag pops up here:
$existingUsers= $this->find('all');
foreach($existingUsers as $existingUser):
if($this->data['User']['email_id']==$existingUser['User']['email_id']){
You're seriously retrieving all users from the database (potentially a hugely expensive task) and then go through them one by one to compare a single field?!
You can simply define a validation rule that says 'email_id' should be unique, and Cake will automatically ask the database if the 'email_id' already exists. http://book.cakephp.org/view/472/isUnique
About your specific problem: You have the same form field twice on the same page, password and email_id fields for the same User model. There's no way for Cake to know which instance of the two fields is supposed to get the error message, they both have the same name. Also, I don't think you want to use validation error messages for the login form, you just want to see if the login was successful or not. Use Session::flash() instead to display an error message for a failed login, it's not field specific.
Take the login and register methods out of your model, they don't belong there. Only specify proper validation rules for the email, name and password fields in the model, they will automatically be checked upon calling $this->User->save() in the controller.
Don't hand-validate anything, unless there's really no way to do it with Cake validation rules (not the case here). If the built-in validation rules don't satisfy what you need to do, you can even make custom rules. http://book.cakephp.org/view/150/Custom-Validation-Rules
PS: Components are not for models. I think you need to learn more about the basics of Cake before continuing: http://book.cakephp.org/view/218/Tutorials-Examples
But, if you want to see your error messages that comes from the validate array you should access the $this->modelName->invalidFields() which will return you the fields that didn't pass the validation and the message that you have setted for them...