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# Jan 6th 2020, 20:35 thisimpetus Sigh. This used to be so easy in Cake 2.x and I'm sure it still us, I just don't understand the new world. Your patience is appreciated.
# Jan 6th 2020, 20:33 thisimpetus Maybe this is easier (this is a test server and test database, dont sweat the lax security here) http://kleinlab.psychology.dal.ca/klein2/publications/add . Jump down to the "Select Authors" button, it's easier to visualize than let me ramble on
# Jan 6th 2020, 20:32 thisimpetus "Well, the Publications_Authors table has 4 fields; id, publication_id, author_id, ordinance."
# Jan 6th 2020, 20:31 challgren What extra field?
# Jan 6th 2020, 20:31 thisimpetus Of course, but that only allows for associating the `value` property of each option... but then how does one add the extra field?
# Jan 6th 2020, 20:27 challgren On your form, the way you have it your options should be an array of existing authors
# Jan 6th 2020, 20:21 thisimpetus No, just the associations; I'm creating a Publication_Author record, though, or at least trying to
# Jan 6th 2020, 20:21 thisimpetus well I don't really understand that quesiton, lol, but that tells me what I need to read and what's changed since cake 2.x whatever. Thanks, pardon my nubness, front-end guy doing double-detail here.
# Jan 6th 2020, 20:21 challgren Are you creating the author the same time as the Publication?
# Jan 6th 2020, 20:20 challgren Whats it look like after you patch the entity and before you save it?
# Jan 6th 2020, 20:19 thisimpetus cleaned up: `<input type='hidden' name='Publications.Authors.id value=8>`; a call to `debug($this->request->getData()` reveals that this is adding one entry to the data array, `Publications_Authors_id` instead of the nested array I'd expected
# Jan 6th 2020, 20:18 thisimpetus (pardon the syntax gore)
# Jan 6th 2020, 20:18 thisimpetus like, say this: `<input type='hidden' name='Publications.Authors.id` value=8>`; a call to `debug($this->request->getData()` reveals that this is adding one entry to the data array, `Publications_Authors_id` instead of the nested array I'd expected
# Jan 6th 2020, 20:16 thisimpetus I've been reading that for a while now, I understand what the array in the Request object should look like, I don't understand what the actual html syntax cake expects should be
# Jan 6th 2020, 20:15 challgren https://book.cakephp.org/3/en/orm/saving-data.html#saving-associations
# Jan 6th 2020, 20:14 thisimpetus Well, the Publications_Authors table has 4 fields; id, publication_id, author_id, ordinance. What I'm trying to understand is how to create those entities from a form. With just author_id—which is how cake builds the form out of the gate—I don't get to populate that additional field.
# Jan 6th 2020, 20:12 challgren why not just use author_id instead?
# Jan 6th 2020, 20:12 thisimpetus no joy, hunh? : / Can I clarify my question somehow, if anyone's reading?
# Jan 6th 2020, 19:53 thisimpetus (and apologies if what I'm asking is terribly unclear!)
# Jan 6th 2020, 19:52 thisimpetus hasMany association has an extra field (ordinance)?
# Jan 6th 2020, 19:52 thisimpetus I'm planning to just generate the form inputs for each selected Author dynamically, but I'm not sure what that should look like in order for Cake to properly create the record on the back end. I know it used to be something like giving a `name` attribute to the field akin to `[Publications][Authors][id]`. How should I create records where the
# Jan 6th 2020, 19:50 thisimpetus 'ordinance' field for Authors (and this is reflected in the Authors model). Here's where I'm stuck:
# Jan 6th 2020, 19:50 thisimpetus Hey cake gurus. I've built a more involved UI for creating records for models with a hasMany association (here, Publication hasMany Authors). So where Cake bakes something like ` $this->Form->control( 'authors._ids', ['options' => $authors)`, I've built a javascript UI that's a little more graphical, and, importantly, also allows adding an
# Jan 6th 2020, 18:41 ashesh.social I’m getting error when following the documentation
# Jan 6th 2020, 18:40 ashesh.social I’m getting when following the documentation
# Jan 6th 2020, 18:40 ashesh.social How to run shell scripts in cakephp 4 ??
# Jan 6th 2020, 17:36 ckjksl Alternatively, I've also tried saving it as associated data: ```$asset->tags = $assettags; $this->Assets->save($asset);``` But the duplication still happens, like the saveStrategy isn't being applied at all.
# Jan 6th 2020, 17:33 ckjksl Then I link them: ```$assetsTable = TableRegistry::getTableLocator()->get('Assets'); $assetsTable->tags->link($asset, $assettags);``` According to the saveStrategy=>replace, I should be replacing its related tags completely. But what happens is that I click on that postlink three times, and I'll end up with those tag associations three times, to a total of 9.
# Jan 6th 2020, 17:31 ckjksl Then for each of that tags array, I retrieve the tag and put it in an array: ```$tagEntity = $this->tags->find()->where(['title'=>$tag])->first(); $assettags[] = $tagEntity;```
# Jan 6th 2020, 17:28 slackebot array('id'=>"1", 'tags'=>['sleepy', 'smelly', 'happy']) ) );``` All that should do is update the tags for `asset` id 1 with 3 tags.
# Jan 6th 2020, 17:28 ckjksl I think the relations are okay, because they're associating and saving okay, and I can retrieve the results. The problem happens when I try to add more tags. in my `test.ctp`, I have the following POST link: ```echo $this->Form->postLink( 'Update Tags (asset_id 1, \'sleepy\', \'smelly\', \'happy\' )', array('controller' => 'Assets','action' => 'updateTags'), array( 'confirm' => 'Are you sure?', 'data' =>
# Jan 6th 2020, 17:25 ckjksl so in the model, `AssetsTable` has: ```$this->belongsToMany('Tags', [ 'joinTable' => 'AssetTags', 'saveStrategy'=>'replace' ]);``` `TagsTable` has: ```$this->belongsToMany('Assets', [ 'joinTable' => 'AssetTags', 'saveStrategy'=>'replace' ]);``` `AssetTagsTable` has: ```$this->belongsTo('Assets', [ 'foreignKey' => 'asset_id', ]); $this->belongsTo('Tags', [ 'foreignKey' => 'tag_id', ]);```
# Jan 6th 2020, 17:22 ckjksl I'm having a bit of trouble with a simple "toxi" tag solution. This is where there are three tables, `assets`, `tags`, and `assettags`, which contains `asset_id` and `tag_id` as a lookup. I've tried a couple of ways, but the part that's failing for me is `'saveStrategy' => 'replace'`
# Jan 6th 2020, 16:43 ricksaccous but that would be too hard to explain to you, heh
# Jan 6th 2020, 16:43 ricksaccous you can also do an inner join and then directly search on the field
# Jan 6th 2020, 16:42 ricksaccous if you want them in the match then just do something similar but do $this->Matches->find()->where(['Matches.id' => $id])->contain(['SeasonPlayers' => function ($q)
# Jan 6th 2020, 16:42 ricksaccous $seasonPlayerEntities = $this->Matches->SeasonPlayers->find(['SeasonPlayers.club_id' => $matchEntity->field_name])->toArray();
# Jan 6th 2020, 16:40 gianmarxgagliardi I would like to compare the underlined fields in order to take only the players who are associated with a certain id and not all the players
# Jan 6th 2020, 16:40 ricksaccous whatever you can just do this $matchEntity = $this->Matches->get($id);
# Jan 6th 2020, 16:39 ricksaccous just id?
# Jan 6th 2020, 16:39 ricksaccous of Matches