Re: HABTM view: how to retrieve data in extra column?

Do a foreach loop on the $staff['Room'] array in the table cell!
Enjoy,
John

On Feb 3, 9:24 am, sebb86 <kahlc...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> in my database, there is a HABTM association between model "rooms" and
> "staffs".
> In my index-view of "staffs", when i retrieve the data, i'd like to
> have an extra column for each datarow with all rooms, which belongs to
> the current staff(id).
> The join table contains "room_id" and "staff_id" and is called
> "rooms_staffs".
>
> **table staff: controller:**
> {{{
> function index()
>         {
>                 $this->set('staffs', $this->paginate('Staff'));
>         }}}}
>
> **table staff: part of the view:**
> {{{
> <?php foreach ($staffs as $staff): ?>
>         <tr>
>           <td><?php echo $staff['Staff']['id']; ?></td>
>           <td><?php echo $staff['Staff']['forename']; ?></td>
>           <td><?php echo $staff['Staff']['surname']; ?></td>
>           <td><?php echo $staff['Staff']['telephon_number']; ?></td>
>           <td><?php echo $staff['Staff']['e_mail']; ?></td>
>           <td>at this place, i need all description fields from the
> matching rooms</td>
>         </tr>
>         <?php endforeach; ?>
>
> }}}
>
> debug($staffs) result in index-view of staff:
> {{{
> Array
> (
>     [0] => Array
>         (
>             [Staff] => Array
>                 (
>                     [id] => 3
>                     [forename] => Patrick
>                     [surname] => Hartung
>                     [telephon_number] => 0124144214
>                     [e_mail] => ba...@taptap.de
>                     [full_name] => 3 (Hartung)
>                 )
>
>             [Room] => Array
>                 (
>                     [0] => Array
>                         (
>                             [id] => 1
>                             [location_id] => 1
>                             [description] => Serverraum
>                         )
>
>                     [1] => Array
>                         (
>                             [id] => 3
>                             [location_id] => 2
>                             [description] => Buero
>                         )
>                 )
>         )
>
> }}}
>
> When i try:    echo $staff['Room']['0']['description'];    i can get
> the first datarow. but how can i get all in my new column?
>
> I've read in the book but i really don't know how to code this :(
> Thanks a lot if someone can help!

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