Validation not working when updating fields with saveField

Question

Insde the User Model

App::uses('SimplePasswordHasher','Controller/Component/Auth');

class User extends AppModel {
public $useTable = 'users';

public $hasMany = array(
    'Reminder' => array(
        'className' => 'Reminder'
        )
    );

public $validate = array(
        'username' => array(
            'alphaNumeric' => array(
                'rule' => 'alphaNumeric',
                'required' => true,
                'message' => 'Alphabets and numbers only'
                ),
            'between' => array(
                'rule' => array('between',5,15),
                'message' => 'Between 5 to 15 characters'
                ),
            'unique' => array(
                'rule' => 'isUnique',
                'message' => 'Username is already taken'
                )
            ),
        'password' => array(
            'between' => array(
                'rule' => array('between',5,10),
                'message' => 'Between 5 to 10',
                ),
            'compareFields' => array(
                'rule' => array('compareFields','confirm_password'),
                'message' => 'Passwords do not match',
                'required' => 'update'
                )
            ),  
        'email' => array(
            'email' => array(
                'rule' => 'email',
                'message' => 'Please enter valid email address'
                ),
            'unique' => array(
                'rule' => 'isUnique',
                'message' => 'Email is already in use'
                ),
            'compareFields' => array(
                'rule' => array('compareFields','confirm_email'),
                'message' => 'Emails do not match',
                'required' => 'update'
                )
            ),
        'timezone' => array(
            'isValid' => array(
                'rule' => 'isValid',
                'message' => 'Please select a timezone'
                )
            )
        );

Inside the User Controller.

        // Changed existing emails
        if(!empty($this->request->data['User']['email'])) {

            echo "Email is set <br/>";

            $this->User->set($this->request->data['User']['email']);

            if($this->User->validates(array('fieldList' => array('email')))) {

                echo "Email is valid <br/>";

                $this->User->id = $this->Session->read('Auth.User.id');
                $this->User->saveField('email',$this->request->data['User']['email'],true);
                $this->Session->setFlash("Settings updated");                   
            }
        }

        // Change existing password
        if(!empty($this->request->data['User']['password'])) {

            echo "Password is set <br/>";

            $this->User->set($this->request->data['User']['password']);

            if($this->User->validates(array('fieldList' => array('password')))) {

                echo "Password is valid <br/>";

                $this->User->id = $this->Session->read('Auth.User.id');
                $this->User->saveField('password', $this->request->data['User']['password'],true);
                $this->Session->setFlash("Password changed");                   
            } 

        }

I know 'saveField()' doesn't do validation automatically so I've set the validation parameter to true, but to no avail.

I've included the models containing the validations.

Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

Edited:

I actually ment that you had to do the validation like this:

$this->User->id = $this->Session->read('Auth.User.id');
if(!$this->User->saveField('password', 'asdf', true)) {
    echo "Invalid.";
    pr($this->User->invalidFields());
} else {
    echo "Saved!";
}

or optionally, do this:

Just read() the data, overwrite the new password in that array, then $this->User->set() and use $this->User->validates() like you have.

See here.