Re: Validate from within a model

You can't validates() something after the model save has already
happened. Use a behavior for validation or use my plugin.

https://github.com/milesj/cake-uploader

And an example model on how to use it.

https://github.com/milesj/cake-uploader/blob/master/tests/models/upload.php

On Apr 27, 11:18 am, func0der <funco...@live.com> wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> i'm having a file upload here.
> I'm using "afterSave" to place the uploaded file in the filesystem.
>
>         function afterSave($created){
>                 //get the entry id
>                 $this->data['DataFile']['id'] = $this->getInsertId();
>                 if(!$this->saveDataFile($this->data)){
>                         $this->delete($this->data['DataFile']['id']);
>                         $this->data['DataFile']['data_file'] = array();
>                         $this->validates();
>                 }
>         }
>
> "saveDataFile" is a function which tries to places the uploaded file
> in the file system and returns false in case of copy fails.
>
> If the copy should fail i delete the record from the database and set
> the "data_file" index which normally cotains the uploaded file
> information to an empty array. This is because i want the validation
> to fail so the file upload field gets an error message while
> rendering.
>
> The problem now is that the upload form does NOT! contain the
> validation error message for that particular field.
>
> Do you know what i am doing wrong?
>
> Greetings
> func0der

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