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# Jan 7th 2020, 07:46 alexdd55976 morning dudes
# Jan 6th 2020, 21:57 savant @johnpaul5421 did you add a submit button to the form and then end the form?
# Jan 6th 2020, 20:55 johnpaul5421 Anyone have any examples of how to submit a Form data passing from a View -> Controller? I tried using $this->form->create(), then checking in the controller if ($this->request->is(
# Jan 6th 2020, 20:40 this.impetus thanks again
# Jan 6th 2020, 20:40 this.impetus <-- thisimpetus
# Jan 6th 2020, 20:40 xavier83ar ```// Inputs for the joint table (articles_tags) echo $this->Form->control('tags.0._joinData.starred'); echo $this->Form->control('tags.1._joinData.starred');``` That example is similar to your needs, _joinData special key it's the way of saving data in the relation table
# Jan 6th 2020, 20:39 thisimpetus time to pack it in for the day. X)
# Jan 6th 2020, 20:38 thisimpetus lolololololol I was wondering why everything looked different, I didn't even notice I'd clicked IRC instead of slack where I normally pester
# Jan 6th 2020, 20:38 challgren @thisimpetus you can also join us on Slack that way if you ask a question you’ll be able to see the history of response if you go offline https://cakesf.herokuapp.com/
# Jan 6th 2020, 20:38 xavier83ar :+1::skin-tone-4:
# Jan 6th 2020, 20:37 thisimpetus that's almost certainly what I needed, you guys are heros
# Jan 6th 2020, 20:37 thisimpetus *thank you*
# Jan 6th 2020, 20:36 xavier83ar https://book.cakephp.org/4/en/views/helpers/form.html#creating-inputs-for-associated-data
# Jan 6th 2020, 20:35 thisimpetus 3.7
# Jan 6th 2020, 20:35 xavier83ar Give a few minutes and I can help you with some examples, are u using cakephp 3 or 4?
# 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
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