I have a model called Category which hasMany Expense. I am trying to generate an accordion type interface where a user can expand a category and edit the expenses. I can generate the input fields but they don't seem to be in "edit" mode because they are not pre-populated.
I've searched online and found a few related articles such as this one CakePHP: How to update multiple records at the same time with the Form helper and also this one CakePHP: Form helper with saveMany() to edit multiple rows at once. I have tried to emulate their code but with no success.
My CategoriesController Index function looks like this ...
public function index($project_id) {
$data = $this->Category->find('all', array(
'conditions'=>array('Category.project_id' => $project_id),
'order'=>array('Category.category_name')
));
$this->set('categories', $data);
$this->request->data = $data;
}
I have read that cakephp2 requires $this->request->data to be set for FormHelper to work. But in the examples I have found online everyone seems to use the plural of the model name so I tried that as well.
My Categories\index.ctp looks like this. I'm not at the "accordion" stage yet. I'm just trying to get input boxes on the screen that are pre-populated.
$i=0;
foreach ($categories as $category)
{
echo $this->Form->input("Category.$i.category_id");
echo $this->Form->input("Category.$i.category_name");
$j=0;
foreach($category['Expense'] as $expense)
{
echo $this->Form->input('Expense.' . $j . '.expense_id');
echo $this->Form->input('Expense.' . $j . '.expense_name');
echo $this->Form->input('Expense.' . $j . '.dollar_amount');
echo $this->Form->input('Expense.' . $j . '.sqft_amount');
$j++;
}
$i++;
}
This code seems to be iterating properly because it spits out the correct input fields. The big problem right now is just getting the fields to pre-populate. It doesn't seem to be in "edit" mode and I'm worried that that will be a problem down the road when I try to save the data.
Also, I have tried it with and without $this->form->create('Category') at the top. It doesn't seem to make a difference.
The $categories array looks like this ...
array(
(int) 0 => array(
'Category' => array(
'category_id' => '1',
'category_name' => 'Category 1',
'category_index' => '1',
'project_id' => '1'
),
'Project' => array(
'project_id' => '1',
'project_name' => '131 Anndale Dr',
'project_sqft' => '1700',
'project_cost' => '318',
'project_cost_per_sqft' => '0'
),
'Expense' => array(
(int) 0 => array(
'expense_id' => '2',
'expense_name' => 'Nails',
'category_id' => '1',
'dollar_amount' => '50',
'sqft_amount' => '1',
'expense_index' => '2'
),
(int) 1 => array(
'expense_id' => '1',
'expense_name' => 'Wood',
'category_id' => '1',
'dollar_amount' => '99',
'sqft_amount' => '1',
'expense_index' => '1'
)
)
),
(int) 1 => array(
'Category' => array(
'category_id' => '3',
'category_name' => 'Category 2',
'category_index' => '2',
'project_id' => '1'
),
'Project' => array(
'project_id' => '1',
'project_name' => '131 Anndale Dr',
'project_sqft' => '1700',
'project_cost' => '318',
'project_cost_per_sqft' => '0'
),
'Expense' => array(
(int) 0 => array(
'expense_id' => '3',
'expense_name' => 'Bed',
'category_id' => '3',
'dollar_amount' => '99',
'sqft_amount' => '2',
'expense_index' => '1'
),
(int) 1 => array(
'expense_id' => '4',
'expense_name' => 'Chair',
'category_id' => '3',
'dollar_amount' => '70',
'sqft_amount' => '1',
'expense_index' => '2'
)
)
)
)
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!