dynamically changing the type in form helper

Hi,

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:

echo $form->input($name,array('type'=>$type1,'label'=>$label));

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:

Fatal error: Method name must be a string in form.php on line 878

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.

I am a newbie to php and cake so I know it is probably something
simple...

Any assistance is appreciated.
Thanks.

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