Re: 2 Models - one form

Pretty simple Jgadbois,

Here could be a little example of what u would want. (in cakephp 1.2)

//this doesn't have to be so complicated but im just showing u the
options of the create
//function. create('Recipe'); would automagically bring you to the add
action.
echo $form->create('Recipe', array('method' => 'post', 'url' => array
('action' => 'add')));
echo $form->input('Recipe.name');
echo $form->input('Ingredients.name');
echo $form->input('Ingredients.quantity');
echo $form->end();

That is the code within the view, in the controller you can do all the
logic you want with this stuff by looking at $this->data.
$this->data would look something like this:
array (
[Recipe] => array (
[name] => hot fudge cake
)
[Ingredients] => array (
[name] => flower
[quantity] => 2
)
)

and to save this information all you need to do is use the saveAll
function
$this->Recipe->saveAll($this->data);

the saveAll method looks for associations and saves the information
properly.

I hope this helped you, i'm not sure how new you are so i tried to put
it as simple as possible and explain things.

Happy Baking.

On May 29, 10:44 am, jgadbois <jgadb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> What is the preferred way for handling a form with elements for
> mutitple models?  In my case, I'd like to have a form where you can
> add a Recipe with all of it's Ingredients (a recipe hasMany
> ingredients).  How would I handle this?  I'm new to CakePHP so I'm a
> little confused.
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