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user3573535
user3573535

Reputation: 555

Cakephp2 - Creating Form from loop

I have translates table with example data:

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So, this table holds records, which will represent custom translation texts.

Now i want to build a form to edit all of those rows in one page / form.

This is controlle code:

public function translate()  {
    $this->loadModel('Translate');
    $data = $this->Translate->find('all');
    $this->set('data', $data);

    pr ($this->request->data);

    if ($this->request->is('post','put')) {

        if ($this->Translate->save($this->request->data)) {
            $this->Session->setFlash('Recipe Saved!');
            return $this->redirect($this->referer());
        }
    }
}

And view - please note, that i have used loop for creating inputs, not sure if cakephp has better way to do this.

<?php echo $this->Form->create('Translate'); ?>
<?php
foreach ($data as $d) {
    echo $this->Form->input('text', array('label' => 'Link strony', 'type' => 'text','value'=>$d['Translate']['text']));
    echo $this->Form->input('id', array('type' => 'hidden', 'value' => $d['Translate']['id']));
}
?>
<?php echo $this->Form->end(array('class' => 'btn btn-success floatRight', 'label' => 'Zapisz')); ?>

For now, this code works, but not as i expect. $this->request->data shows only last input, ignoring other ones. Attached, you see debug of $this->request->data. Only last item is edited. All i want is to have ability to edit selected input and save. Thanks for help.

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Upvotes: 1

Views: 302

Answers (2)

Indrasis Datta
Indrasis Datta

Reputation: 8606

Looks like you're saving multiple rows in a single form. In that case, you need to change your approach a bit.

  1. Use proper indices in the Form helper.
  2. Use saveAll() instead of save() to save multiple data.

Changes to the View file:

    <?php
       foreach ($data as $k => $d) {
           echo $this->Form->input('Translate.'.$k.'.text', array(
            'label' => 'Link strony', 
            'type'  => 'text',
            'value' =>$d['Translate']['text']
           ));

           echo $this->Form->input('Translate.'.$k.'.id', array(
               'type'  => 'hidden', 
               'value' => $d['Translate']['id']
           ));
      }
    ?>

And then, in your controller:

if ($this->request->is('post','put')) {

       $this->Translate->saveAll($this->request->data['Translate']);

      /* Other code */
}

Upvotes: 3

daheda
daheda

Reputation: 155

Try to specify the name as array (translate[]) : 

echo $this->Form->input('text', array('label' => 'Link strony', 'type' => 'text','value'=>$d['Translate']['text'],'name'=>'translate[]'));

Upvotes: 0

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