10 Dec 2009 |
Category: Forms
How CakePHP Automagic fails me (or How I failed at the FormHelper)
Okay, so I have a Model::find() that looks like the following:
<?php
function __findEditProfile(){
return $this->find('first', array(
'conditions' => array("{$this->alias}.{$this->primaryKey}" => User::get('id')),
'contain' => false,
'fields' => array(
'id', 'first_name', 'last_name', 'email',
'job_title', 'phone_number', 'photo_file_name')));
}
?>
And I have an action, UsersController::profile(), with the following structure:
<?php
function profile() {
if (!empty($this->data)) {
$this->data['User']['id'] = User::get('id');
if ($this->User->save($this->data, true, array(
'id', 'first_name', 'last_name', 'email', 'job_title', 'phone_number',
'password', 'new_password', 'new_password_confirm'))) {
$this->Session->setFlash(__('Your profile has been saved', true));
$this->redirect(array('action' => 'index'));
} else {
$this->data = $this->User->resetDataForRegistration($this->data);
$this->Session->setFlash(__('Your profile could not be saved. Please, try again.', true));
}
}
if (empty($this->data)) {
$this->data = $this->User->find('edit_profile');
}
}
?>
and has the following form:
<div>
<?php $session->flash(); ?>
<?php echo $form->create('User', array(
'url' => array('controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'profile'))); ?>
<fieldset>
<legend><?php echo __('Edit Profile', true); ?></legend>
<?php
echo $form->input('User.first_name', array(
'div' => 'input text required',
'label' => __('First Name', true),
'type' => 'text'));
echo $form->input('User.last_name', array(
'div' => 'input text required',
'label' => __('Last Name', true),
'type' => 'text'));
echo $form->input('User.email', array(
'div' => 'input text required',
'label' => __('Email Address', true),
'type' => 'text'));
echo $form->input('User.job_title', array(
'div' => 'input text required',
'label' => __('Job Title', true),
'type' => 'text'));
echo $form->input('User.phone_number', array(
'div' => 'input text required',
'label' => __('Phone Number', true),
'type' => 'text'));
echo $form->input('User.photo', array(
'div' => 'input file',
'label' => __('Personal Photo', true),
'type' => 'file'));
?>
</fieldset>
<?php echo $form->submit(); ?>
<?php echo $form->end(); ?>
</div>
I also have the following route setup
<?php
Router::connect('/profile', array('controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'profile'));
?>
Tell me why CakePHP thought it was a good idea to have the form submit to /users/profile/1 ?
Because I have configured the FormHelper to submit to default to the User model, and $this->data['User']['id'] is set! Either modify the find to remove the id, or modify the form to not submit with the User as default. Below are the examples in the order I proposed them:
<?php
function __findEditProfile(){
return $this->find('first', array(
'conditions' => array("{$this->alias}.{$this->primaryKey}" => User::get('id')),
'contain' => false,
'fields' => array(
'first_name', 'last_name', 'email',
'job_title', 'phone_number', 'photo_file_name')));
}
?>
<?php echo $form->create('', array(
'url' => array('controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'profile'))); ?>
I used the first example to get the job done, but you can swat the flies or find cows that eat trees in Brooklyn for all I care ;)