Poll form (view) creates security errors in CakePHP - cakephp

Question

I am writing a simple poll for Cakephp. I have created tables polls and poll_votes. Poll contains 7 columns: id,question,numberofanswers,answer1,answer2,answer3,answer4. PollVote contains 4: id,poll_id,ip,vote. If this works, I might be adding a new table called PollAnswers as a way to get rid of the answer-limit.
Unfortunately the view I made causes security errors. I would prefer to use the form-helper as a whole, but I have not figured out how since I need radio-buttons with multiple options that have id's 1 to 4, but show answer1 to answer4.
[daweb#directadmin01 public_html]$ cat models/poll.php
<?php
class Poll extends AppModel {
var $name = 'Poll';
var $displayField = 'question';
var $hasMany = array(
'PollVote' => array(
'className' => 'PollVote',
'foreignKey' => 'poll_id',
'dependent' => false
)
);
}
?>
[daweb#directadmin01 public_html]$ cat models/poll_vote.php
<?php
class PollVote extends AppModel {
var $name = 'PollVote';
var $belongsTo = array(
'Poll' => array(
'className' => 'Poll',
'foreignKey' => 'poll_id'
)
);
}
?>
[daweb#directadmin01 public_html]$ cat views/polls/view.ctp
<h2><?=$polls[0]['Poll']['question']?></h2>
<?php
echo $this->Form->create('Poll');
?>
<br /><p>
<select name="PollName" id="PollFieldId">
<option value="0"><?=$polls[0]['Poll']['answer1']?></option>
<option value="1"><?=$polls[0]['Poll']['answer2']?></option>
<option value="2"><?=$polls[0]['Poll']['answer3']?></option>
<option value="3"><?=$polls[0]['Poll']['answer4']?></option>
</select>
<?php
echo $this->Form->input('id', array('type' => 'hidden'));
echo $this->Form->end('Submit');
?>
</p>
[daweb#directadmin01 public_html]$
I am honestly not sure I am creating the Poll application with the right design, so general advice is welcome. Unfortunately I was unable to find examples of polls written in Cakephp to help me.

Answer 1

your design is fine, as long as you only need 4 questions for each poll. Change numberofanswers to pollVote_count and use counterCache
Take a look at Database design for a survey, although that might be overkill for your purpose.
for the radio input, that should be in the pollVotes controller/add action, not in the polls/view:
echo $this->Form->create('PollVote');
echo $this->Form->input('poll_id');
echo $this->Form->input('vote',array('type' => 'radio','options' => $polls[0]['Poll']));
echo $this->Form->end('Submit');