Re: dynamically changing the type in form helper

Thanks for the reply...I was able to resolve it.

I am using cakephp 1.3.5. Looks like form.php was missing some code
since I resolved it by adding the case for 'text' of $input=$this-
>text($fieldName,$options); break; to the form.php file.

Thanks again. Erik

On Nov 30, 11:25 pm, John Andersen <j.andersen...@gmail.com> wrote:
> What is the value of $type1 when you get the error?
> Which version of CakePHP are you using?
> What are the values of the other variables when you get the error?
> Enjoy,
>    John
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> On 1 Dec., 03:09, mochaman <mochama...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Hi,
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> > I want to override the input 'type' in my form using the form helper
> > but it is not picking up my values.  Here is a snippet:
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> > echo $form->input($name,array('type'=>$type1,'label'=>$label));
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> > I set $name, $type1, and $label as a strings read in from my config
> > xml file, however, I get the following error upon rendering the page:
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> > Fatal error:  Method name must be a string in form.php on line 878
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> > It appears to be an issue with $type1 since if I replace it with
> > 'text' (ie, hardcoded), then it works but everything is a text box
> > rather than date or checkbox.  I have also tried putting quotes in the
> > data but no luck...everything just defaults to textarea.
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> > I am a newbie to php and cake so I know it is probably something
> > simple...
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> > Any assistance is appreciated.
> > Thanks.

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