Re: Showing selected values in a HABTM

Arak,

Would you mind posting your solution, I´m stuck in the same problem as you 

Thks! 

On Monday, March 1, 2010 12:42:02 AM UTC-3, Arak Tai'Roth wrote:

Nevermind, I got it figured out, thank you for your help.

On Feb 28, 9:24 pm, "Arak Tai'Roth" <nielsen.dus...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm not sure I am following. I see where you are setting the data that
> you have, but I am not seeing where you are using that data in the
> view at all? Or do you not need to use it anywhere, cake just does?
>
> On Feb 28, 4:11 am, John Andersen <j.andersen...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > This is what I do, a small view example:
> > [code]
> > <?php echo $form->create('Permit',array('action' => 'add')); ?>
> >    <?php echo $form->input('Activity',array('multiple' => 'checkbox',
> > 'label' => 'Activity')); ?>
> > <?php echo $form->end('Save'); ?>
> > [/code]
>
> > and to ensure that the Activity field is filled with the possible
> > values and the chosen ones are checked, here is the small controller
> > code example:
> > [code]
> >       $permits = $this->Permit->find(
> >          'first', array(
> >             'conditions' => array(
> >                'Permit.id' => 1
> >             ),
> >             'contain' => array(
> >                'Leader' => array('Country','ProvState'),
> >                'User',
> >                'RegistrationLocation',
> >                'Activity'
> >             )
> >          )
> >       );
> >       $this->data = $permits;
> >       $this->set('activities',$this->Permit->Activity->find('list',array('contain' => false)));
>
> > [/code]
>
> > Hope this helps you on the way ;)
> > Enjoy,
> >    John
>
> > On Feb 28, 10:37 am, "Arak Tai'Roth" <nielsen.dus...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Hey everyone, I did try looking around here and on google for this
> > > issue, however I can only find data that relates to problems 3 years
> > > ago, which doesn't help as much as I'd like it to. I could likely use
> > > it, but I figured that by now, Cake must have a more elegant way of
> > > doing this.
>
> > > I want to show the data that was selected in a HABTM in my edit form.
> > > I can see that the data is populated in $this->data when I do a
> > > read(), however it doesn't seem to be populating the multi-select box
> > > I have created.
>
> > > This is the code for the multi-select box:
> > > echo $form->input('Activity', array('label' => false, 'type' =>
> > > 'select', 'options' => $dbactivities, 'multiple' => true));
>
> > > Can anyone tell me how to display what items are selected?

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