Hello,

I am writing a CakePHP 1.2 app. I have a list of people that I want the user to be able to filter on different fields. For each filterable field, I have a drop down list. Choose the filter combination, click filter, and the page shows only the records that match.

In people_controller, I have this bit of code:

$first_names = $this->Person->find('list', array(
    'fields'=>'first_name',
    'order'=>'Person.first_name ASC',
    'conditions'=> array('Person.status'=>'1')
));
$this->set('first_names', $first_names);

(Status = 1 because I am using a soft delete.)

That creates an ordered list of all first_names. But duplicates are in there.

Digging around in the Cookbook, I found an example using the DISTINCT keyword and modified my code to use it.

$first_names = $this->Person->find('list', array(
    'fields'=>'DISTINCT first_name',
    'order'=>'Person.first_name ASC',
    'conditions'=> array('Person.status'=>'1')
));

This gives me an SQL error like this:

Query: SELECT `Person`.`id`, DISTINCT `Person`.` first_name` FROM `people` AS `Person`   WHERE `Person`.`status` = 1   ORDER BY `Person`.`first_name` ASC

The problem is obvious. The framework is adding Person.id to the query. I suspect this comes from using 'list'.

I will use the selected filter to create an SQL statement when the filter button is clicked. I don't need the is field, but can't get rid of it.

Thank you, Frank Luke

I have a link on the main page that is only accessible if they are logged in. However, if this link is clicked, I want to show a custom error message on the login page (a custom 'Message.auth').

i.e. I want (pseudo code)

if (referer == '/users/reserve'){
    Message.auth = 'Please log in to reserve tickets';
}
else {
    Message.auth = 'Please log in to access that page';
}

Where would I put this bit of code?

I have an action (view for example) in a controller that is called from multiple other actions in other controllers. How is the best way to create a "Back" button that will take me back to the page that got me here?

I've used named parameters like "back_controller" and "back_action" and that works fairly well but they get awkward when the page has a form that gets submitted. I have to be sure to pass those parameters as hidden fields or in the form url and then look for them after the form has been processed.

Is there some kind of stack or other solution that anyone else has come up with that handles this situation better? I see this problem in a lot of my projects and I've yet to come up with a good solution.

in my edit function, i need to reselect for the field again to save it. how can i added a 'selected'=>$addresscountry field in my $form->select function??

this is my code..

echo $country->select('Address.txtother_country','Please Choose Your Country'

which $country is 1 of the helper that include by the page, let user to select country. i need it automatic to refer back to the previous data which had save, means add a selected value in my edit function.

any 1 can help? thanks..

I have a controller and view. in the view it will displays all the records frm the database. also there is a searchby form in the top of that view page. if we specify a search term, and submit the form , the view will only displays the records resulting from that search. the results are paginated. but the problem is when i perform a search and click on the next page of the results , it will shows all the results .. here is my code.

View page index.ctp

echo $form->create('Apartment', array('action'=>'index'));
echo form->input('searchBy',array('type'=>'select','options'=>array('Id'=>'Id','User'=>'User','time'=>'Updated time')));
echo $form->input('query', array('type'=>'text', 'label'=>'Search Term'));
echo $form->end(array('name'=>'submit', 'label'=>'Search'));




<th class="actions"><?php __('');?></th>
<th><?php echo $paginator->sort('id');?></th>
<th><?php echo $paginator->sort('Headline');?></th>
<th><?php echo $paginator->sort('Campaign','Campaign.Name');?></th>
<th><?php echo $paginator->sort('User', 'User.name');?></th>
<th><?php echo $paginator->sort('modified');?></th>
<th><?php echo $paginator->sort('status');?></th>
<th class="actions"><?php __('Actions');?></th>

Controller index function

if (!empty($this->data)) {
// Search 
switch($this->data['Apartment']['searchBy'])
{
case 'Id':
        $apartments = $this->paginate(NULL, array('Apartment.id' => $this->data['Apartment']['query']));
        break;
case 'User':
	$apartments = $this->paginate(NULL, array("User.name Like '%".$this->data['Apartment']['query']."%'"));
	break
case 'time':
	$apartments = $this->paginate(NULL, array("Apartment.modified Like '%".$this->data['Apartment']['query']."%'"));
	break;
}
}
else {
        $apartments = $this->paginate();
}

here is my problem which in my system.

my system allow user to add event, which include date, time, places. In the other hand, user are allow to choose the "Event sharing to" some of other user. So i successful to created and share to other user, when the user login which are being choose to share with the event, he is able to view for that particular event.

But the problem is, when user add the event, he must choose for his own name also in the select box. If not he will be unable to read the event that he had created.

So i need to save a default data to my model, which is whenever the user got choose the sharing event or not, it also will save the data to his user id.

here is my code for select box, what can i edit and do to let it set a default saving value which is always save with the user own data??

input('User',array( 'label' => 'Select Related Potential', 'options' => $users, //'id'=>'user', 'style'=>'width:250px;height:100px', //'selected' => $ownUserId )); ?>

i try to solve by adding 1 more row to the add.ctp, but the permission just set to the own user who created it, the other user i choose is unable to read.

$form->input('User',array( 'label' => 'Select Related Potential', 'options' => $users, //'id'=>'user', 'style'=>'width:250px;height:100px', 'selected' => $ownUserId ));

$form->input('User',array('type'=>'hidden','value'=>$ownUserId));

Hi everyone,

In my CakePHP app, I'm pulling in the results of a table called 'Timesheets'. This table has an athlete_id and a few split times for a race. I need to do some calculations on one athlete's times compared to another athlete (for instance, calculate the difference between the fastest finish time and slowest).

I thought the best way to do this would be to store every athletes 'finish' in a new array, then run the min() function on it. For the life of me, I can't get this to work...

Do you think I am approaching this the wrong way, or am I just missing something?

foreach ($timesheet['Run'] as $run):
	<tr<?php echo $class;?>>
		<td><?php echo $run['athlete_id'];?></td>
		<td><?php echo $run['start'];?></td>
		<td><?php echo $run['split1'];?></td>
		<td><?php echo $run['split2'];?></td>
		<td><?php echo $run['split3'];?></td>
		<td><?php echo $run['split4'];?></td>
		<td><?php echo $run['split5'];?></td>
		<td><?php echo $run['split6'];?></td>
		<td><?php echo $run['finish'];?></td>
    </tr>
   endforeach

How would I represent the following in a CakePHP model?

Product
=======
product_id
....

Cart
====
cart_id
....

Carts_Products
==============
cart_id
product_id
quantity

i am planing to set a permission on my event index page, which just allow certain user to view which had set when i add the event. After user click into my event, the event controller will 1st check the user id and check the event database which control the user can see which event in his calendar. The permission is added when user create a event and share to other user. Beside, how can i find the current user id to compare with my event database which is the accurate 1?

any suggestion for me to did this function? i need to know the code and concept how i get the current user id to compare with all the event database, and allow the current user see the certain event.

thanks alot for your information.

Hi all,

I want the weekdays to be displayed in a drop down in cakephp, with a default day selected. My code is as follows echo $form->input('Weekday', array('options' => array ('Monday','Tuesday','Wednesday','Thursday', 'Friday','Saturday', 'Sunday'))); When I do like this it stores 0 value in database instead of day name. Also I want to set a default selected weekday . Please help!!!

Thanking you..........

I am having some issues with a site that was working correctly until i implemented full page caching in CakePHP.

I have followed the guidance in the Manual and have my $session->flash in a no-cache block as so:

<cake:nocache>
	<? 
	if($session->check('Message.flash')){
		$session->flash();
	} 
	?>
</cake:nocache>

However, whenever a controller sets a flash message and redirects to a cached page the page loads down to the tag and no further.. If i then go to a page created by another controller the correct (delayed) message is displayed and the page loads correctly.

Any help would be much appreciated,

I'm creating a small timesheet application. Timesheets have athletes, and each athlete has personal split times (like in running, or race car driving)

An Athlete hasMany Run, a Run belongsTo Athlete, An Athlete hasAndBelongsToMany Timesheets (and vice versa). A Timesheet hasMany Run, and finally a Run belongsTo Timesheet.

When I'm adding new runs in my view, I'm unable to get anything but the athlete_id in the select box. I'd really like to have their names instead. Instead of

<?php echo $run['athlete_id'];?>, I've tried <?php echo $athlete['Athlete']['last_name'] ?> but I can't seem to get it to work. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Ok i have this controller:

class ExampleController extends AppController {

    var $name = 'Example';


    public function test_me () {

      $this->Example->Create();

      $this->Example->set(  'variable_from_db_1' => 'random_value_1',
                            'variable_from_db_2' => 'random_value_2' );


     //here, how can i access to variable_from_db_1 and 2 in $this->Example?
     //???? i've tried $this->data and $this->Example->data but nothing to do

}

}

Do you have some hints for me?

hello world!
in my controller i cache some paginatedata. after refresh (f5) i get only the data from the cachequeryfile but i lost ALL other data in my view.
why?

thanks hansi meier

how would you convert this array:

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [Contact] => Array
                (
                    [number] => 0425 234 634
                )

        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [Contact] => Array
                (
                    [number] => 2939 492 235
                )

        )

)

into this array

Array
(
    [0] => 0425 234 634
    [1] => 2939 492 235
)

?

Im curious to know if php has a function that allows me to connect 2 arrays together and replace values from array1 with values of array2 if the values from array2 already exist. see example

array1('value1','value2','value3',); array2('value4','value2','value1');

array3 = functionEmerge(array1, array2);

array3('value1','value2','value3','value4',);

I have my own AppCotroller and using the beforeRender method to make changes to $this->viewPath based on the desired output format.

Is there a way I can check if Cake is currently outputting an error message? If I change the viewPath and then it's displaying an error (like can't load model, etc) it will error on the error :)