Re: Small problem passing variables

I think you meant $this->User->getLastInsertId();

On Dec 28, 9:59 am, Troy Schmidt <Schmidt.T...@gmail.com> wrote:
> $this->User->getInsertID();
>
> I don't know about the Auth component as i haven't used it alot.  But
> that would get the last inserted ID.  I would just set that variable
> and include it in the view for the future steps.
>
> Otherwise it looks like 'user_id' isn't set yet for user
>
> On Dec 28, 11:11 am, Steppio <stepisgr...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello everybody, i am totally new to Cake and am finding it quite
> > difficult to understand all the different parts of it. At the moment
> > i'm trying to make a three part user registration process, firstly
> > with the username and password fields, then onto details about the
> > user, then on to duties they wish to undertake on the site. The only
> > problem i am having is once the username and password are created it
> > creates an ID in the users tables, referenced to my other tables as
> > 'user_id'. What i cannot quite figure out is how, once a user is
> > created, would i get that user_id into the duties view? What i am
> > doing at the moment is shown below:
>
> >         function add() {
> >                 if (!empty($this->data)) {
> >                         $this->User->create();
> >                         if ($this->User->saveAll($this->data)) {
> >                                 $this->Session->setFlash(__('Your Username and Password have been
> > saved', true));
> >                                 $cookie = array();
> >                                 $cookie['user_id'] = $this->Auth->user('user_id');
> >                                 $this->Session->write('Auth.User', $cookie);
> >                                 $this->redirect(array('controller'=>'details','action'=>'add'));
> >                         } else {
> >                                 $this->Session->setFlash(__('Your Username and Password could not
> > be saved. Please, try again.', true));
> >                         }
> >                 }
> >         }
>
> > ^users_ controller^
>
> > I then call this in the 'duties/add' view with:
>
> >                 $user_id = $session->read('User_id');
>
> >                 echo $form->input('user_id',array('value' => $user_id ));
>
> > The only problem with this is Cake returns a select box populated with
> > all of the id's in the user tables. All i want is the ID that has just
> > been created.
>
> > This is probably a very simple problem but i've been reading alot on
> > the internet and just cannot understand how to do it. Any help and
> > advice would be greatly appreciated!!
>
> > Yours hopefully,
> > Steppio
>
>
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