Re: CakePHP Newbie about dropdown

Hmmm...which version of cake are you using?

The error you're getting is because your model names should be
singular, not plural. So instead:

var $uses=array('Courses','Providers');

try

var $uses = array('Course', 'Provider');

And see if that helps.

On Feb 26, 11:00 pm, Jose <jfe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have two controllers: courses and providers defined as:
> class CoursesController extends AppController {
>         var $name='Courses';
>         var $uses=array('Courses','Providers');
>         var $belongsTo = array('Provider' =>
>                 array('className'    => 'Provider',
>                         'conditions'   => '',
>                         'order'        => '',
>                         'foreignKey'   => 'provider_id'
>                         ));
>
> class ProvidersController extends AppController {
>         var $name='Providers';
>         var $hasMany=array('Course');
>
> in the add function at the CoursesController I have:
>         function add() {
>                 if (!empty($this->data)) {
>                         if ($this->Course->save($this->data)) {
>                                 $this->flash('Your Course has been saved.', '/courses');
>                         }
>                 } else {
>                         $this->set('providers', $this->Course->Provider->generateList());
>
>             $this->render();
>                 }
>         }
>
> and at the view for the add I have:
> echo $form->create('Course');
> echo $form->input('name');
> echo $form->input('provider_id');
> $html->selectTag('Course/provider_id', $providers, $html->tagValue
> ('Course/provider_id'), array(), array(),false, true)));
> echo $form->end('Save Post');
>
> The problem then getting into the /add is:
>
> Notice (8): Undefined property: CoursesController::$Course [APP
> \controllers\courses_controller.php, line 32]
> Notice (8): Trying to get property of non-object [APP\controllers
> \courses_controller.php, line 32]
>
> Fatal error: Call to a member function generateList() on a non-object
> in C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs\app
> \controllers\courses_controller.php on line 32
>
> the line 32 is: $this->set('providers', $this->Course->Provider-
>
> >generateList());
>
> I have read several samples and it looks I am doing the right thing,
> but something it's missing!
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