Problems with saveAssociated

Hello,

I have problems saving associated data with CakePHP 2.5.5. The data is only saved partially - the members table and the contracts table are updated, but in the contracts table are created 4 rows for 1 member instead of 1 row. The deeper levels are not saved, whether or not setting the recursive level or using the "deep"-switch. The validation only works for Member and Contract models, but there is also the problem that "contractperiod" is allways validated, even when there is no validation rule inside Contract-Model.

Regarding to the documentation all should be easy...just use saveAssociated and store the request data nested...but perhaps I did not understand it properly.

Here are my Models, the MemberController, the View and a dump of the request data before saving the Data. I hope you can tell me what I have done wrong...

Best regards,

LowFrequencyLast

Member.php

<?php
App::uses('AppModel', 'Model');
/**
 * Member Model
 *
 * @property Contract $Contract
 */
class Member extends AppModel {


    //The Associations below have been created with all possible keys, those that are not needed can be removed

/**
 * hasMany associations
 *
 * @var array
 */
    public $hasMany = array(
        'Contract' => array(
            'className' => 'Contract',
            'foreignKey' => 'member_id',
            'dependent' => false,
            'conditions' => '',
            'fields' => '',
            'order' => '',
            'limit' => '',
            'offset' => '',
            'exclusive' => '',
            'finderQuery' => '',
            'counterQuery' => ''
        )
    );

public $validate = array (
        'firstname' => array (
        'rule' => 'notEmpty',
        'message' => ''
    ),
        'lastname' => array (
        'rule' => 'notEmpty',
        'message' => ''
    )
);

}

Contract.php

<?php
App::uses('AppModel', 'Model');
/**
 * Contract Model
 *
 * @property Member $Member
 * @property Contractdetail $Contractdetail
 * @property Grant $Grant
 */
class Contract extends AppModel {


    //The Associations below have been created with all possible keys, those that are not needed can be removed

/**
 * belongsTo associations
 *
 * @var array
 */
    public $belongsTo = array(
        'Member' => array(
            'className' => 'Member',
            'foreignKey' => 'member_id',
            'conditions' => '',
            'fields' => '',
            'order' => ''
        )
    );

/**
 * hasMany associations
 *
 * @var array
 */
    public $hasMany = array(
        'Contractdetail' => array(
            'className' => 'Contractdetail',
            'foreignKey' => 'contract_id',
            'dependent' => false,
            'conditions' => '',
            'fields' => '',
            'order' => '',
            'limit' => '',
            'offset' => '',
            'exclusive' => '',
            'finderQuery' => '',
            'counterQuery' => ''
        ),
        'Grant' => array(
            'className' => 'Grant',
            'foreignKey' => 'contract_id',
            'dependent' => false,
            'conditions' => '',
            'fields' => '',
            'order' => '',
            'limit' => '',
            'offset' => '',
            'exclusive' => '',
            'finderQuery' => '',
            'counterQuery' => ''
        )
    );

public $validate = array (
        'contractbegin' => array (
        'rule' => 'notEmpty',
        'message' => ''
    ),
        'contractperiod' => array (
        'rule' => 'notEmpty',
        'message' => ''
    )
);

}

Contractdetail.php

<?php
App::uses('AppModel', 'Model');
/**
 * Contractdetail Model
 *
 * @property Contract $Contract
 */
class Contractdetail extends AppModel {


    //The Associations below have been created with all possible keys, those that are not needed can be removed

/**
 * belongsTo associations
 *
 * @var array
 */
    public $belongsTo = array(
        'Contract' => array(
            'className' => 'Contract',
            'foreignKey' => 'contract_id',
            'conditions' => '',
            'fields' => '',
            'order' => ''
        )
    );

public $validate = array (
        'memberfee' => array (
        'rule' => 'notEmpty',
        'message' => ''
    )
);

}

Grant.php

<?php
App::uses('AppModel', 'Model');
/**
 * Grant Model
 *
 * @property Contract $Contract
 * @property Grantedcourse $Grantedcourse
 */
class Grant extends AppModel {


    //The Associations below have been created with all possible keys, those that are not needed can be removed

/**
 * belongsTo associations
 *
 * @var array
 */
    public $belongsTo = array(
        'Contract' => array(
            'className' => 'Contract',
            'foreignKey' => 'contract_id',
            'conditions' => '',
            'fields' => '',
            'order' => ''
        )
    );

/**
 * hasMany associations
 *
 * @var array
 */
    public $hasMany = array(
        'Grantedcourse' => array(
            'className' => 'Grantedcourse',
            'foreignKey' => 'grant_id',
            'dependent' => false,
            'conditions' => '',
            'fields' => '',
            'order' => '',
            'limit' => '',
            'offset' => '',
            'exclusive' => '',
            'finderQuery' => '',
            'counterQuery' => ''
        )
    );

public $validate = array (
        'grantlevel' => array (
        'rule' => 'notEmpty',
        'message' => ''
    )
);    

}

Grantedcourse.php

<?php
App::uses('AppModel', 'Model');
/**
 * Grantedcourse Model
 *
 * @property Grant $Grant
 */
class Grantedcourse extends AppModel {


    //The Associations below have been created with all possible keys, those that are not needed can be removed

/**
 * belongsTo associations
 *
 * @var array
 */
    public $belongsTo = array(
        'Grant' => array(
            'className' => 'Grant',
            'foreignKey' => 'grant_id',
            'conditions' => '',
            'fields' => '',
            'order' => ''
        )
    );

public $validate = array (
        'coursename' => array (
        'rule' => 'notEmpty',
        'message' => ''
    )
);    

}

MembersController.php

<?php
App::uses('AppController', 'Controller');
/**
 * Members Controller
 *
 * @property Member $Member
 * @property PaginatorComponent $Paginator
 */
class MembersController extends AppController {

/**
 * Components
 *
 * @var array
 */
    public $components = array('Paginator');

/**
 * index method
 *
 * @return void
 */
    public function index() {
        $this->Member->recursive = 0;
        $this->set('members', $this->Paginator->paginate());
    }

/**
 * add method
 *
 * @return void
 */
    public function add() {
    $this->Member->recursive = 4;
        if ($this->request->is('post')) {
        CakeLog::write('debug', 'myArray'.print_r($this->request->data, true));
            $this->Member->create();
            if ($this->Member->saveAssociated($this->request->data, array('deep' => true))) {
                $this->Session->setFlash(__('The member has been saved.'));
                return $this->redirect(array('action' => 'index'));
            } else {
                $this->Session->setFlash(__('The member could not be saved. Please, try again.'));
            }
        }
    }


}

add.ctp

<div class="members form">
<?php echo $this->Form->create('Member'); ?>
<table>
    <tr>
        <td>
            <?php echo $this->Form->input('Member.firstname', array('label' => 'Firstname:','required'=>'false', 'id'=>'id_firstname'));?>
        </td>
        <td>
            <?php echo $this->Form->input('Member.lastname', array('label' => 'Lastname:','required'=>'false', 'id'=>'id_lastname'));?>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>
            <?php echo $this->Form->input('Member.Contract.contractbegin', array('label' => 'Begin of contract:','required'=>'false', 'id'=>'id_contractbegin'));?>
        </td>
        <td>
            <?php echo $this->Form->input('Member.Contract.contractperiod', array('label' => 'Contract period:','required'=>'false', 'id'=>'id_contractperiod'));?>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>
            <?php echo $this->Form->input('Member.Contract.Contractdetail.memberfee', array('label' => 'Memberfee:','required'=>'false', 'id'=>'id_memberfee'));?>
        </td>
        <td>
            <?php echo $this->Form->input('Member.Contract.Grant.grantlevel', array('label' => 'Grant level:','required'=>'false', 'id'=>'id_grantlevel'));?>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>
            <?php echo $this->Form->input('Member.Contract.Grant.Grantedcourse.0.coursename', array('label' => '1. Course:','required'=>'false', 'id'=>'id_coursename1'));?>
        </td>
        <td>
            <?php echo $this->Form->input('Member.Contract.Grant.Grantedcourse.1.coursename', array('label' => '2. Course:','required'=>'false', 'id'=>'id_coursename2'));?>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table>
<?php echo $this->Form->submit(__('Create member...'), array('name' => 'create')); ?>
</div>

$request->data

(
    [create] => Create member...
    [Member] => Array
        (
            [firstname] => James
            [lastname] => Last
            [Contract] => Array
                (
                    [contractbegin] => Array
                        (
                            [month] => 11
                            [day] => 17
                            [year] => 2014
                        )

                    [contractperiod] => 12
                    [Contractdetail] => Array
                        (
                            [memberfee] => 10.00
                        )

                    [Grant] => Array
                        (
                            [grantlevel] => 5.00
                            [Grantedcourse] => Array
                                (
                                    [0] => Array
                                        (
                                            [coursename] => Spinning
                                        )

                                    [1] => Array
                                        (
                                            [coursename] => TaeBo
                                        )

                                )

                        )

                )

        )

)

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