Form creation in cakephp
first app->controller->Admincontroller
public function category_add ( ) {
$this->layout = 'admin'; //layout call
$this->loadModel('Category'); //model call
if(!empty ($this->request->data)) {
$category_data = $this->request->data['Category'];
$image = array();
$formimage = array('category_image');
$image = array($category_data['category_image']);
$file = $this->uploadFiles('img/category', $image,$formimage);
/* check file upload */
if(!isset($file['urls'])) {
$this->Session->setFlash(implode($file['errors']));
} elseif(isset($file['urls']) && count($file['urls']) < 1 ) {
$this->Session->setFlash(implode($file['errors']));
} else {
for($i=0; $i < count($file['urls']); $i++) {
$category_data[$formimage[$i]] = $file['urls'][$formimage[$i]];
}
if($this->Category->save($category_data)) {
$last_id= $this->Category->getLastInsertID();
if($category_data['url']) {
$this->loadModel('Indexer');
$indexer =array();
$indexer['Indexer']['item_id']="$last_id";
$indexer['Indexer']['type']="Category";
$indexer['Indexer']['url']=$category_data['url'];
if($this->Indexer->save($indexer)){
}
}
$this->Session->setFlash('The Category has been addedd successfully');
$this->redirect(array('action'=>'category_list'));
} else {
print_r($this->Category->validationErrors);
$this->Session->setFlash('The Category was not saved. Please re enter the details');
}
}
/* end Db saved */
} else {
$this->render();
}
}
second app->Model creation ->Category.php
class Category extends AppModel {
var $name = "Category";
public $useTable = 'peeka_category';
public $primaryKey = 'category_id';
public $validate = array();
//relation ships(if not need it is not necessary)
public $hasMany = array(
'CategoryDeal'=>array(
'class'=>'CategoryDeal',
'foreignKey'=>'category_id'
),
'Categorybanner'=>array(
'class'=>'Categorybanner',
'foreignKey'=>'category_id'
),'Productcatagory'=>array(
'class'=>'Productcatagory',
'foreignKey'=>'category_id'
)
);
public $hasOne = array(
'Indexer'=>array(
'class'=>'Indexer',
'foreignKey'=>'item_id',
'coditions'=>array('Indexer.type'=>'Category')
)
);
}
View files app->View->Admin
<?php
echo $this->Html->script('/js/jQuery.Validate.min.js');
echo $this->Form->create('Category', array('type' => 'file','name'=>'addcategoryform'));
echo $this->Form->input('category_name', array('label' => 'Category Name','class' => 'required ','id' =>'copy_from','onkeyup'=>'copy_data(this)'));
?>
<div style="display:none">
<?php
echo $this->Form->input('url', array('readonly' => 'true','label' => 'URL','class' => 'required','id' =>'copy_to'));
?>
</div>
<?php
echo $this->Form->input ( 'category_title' ,array ('label' => 'Category Title','class' => 'required' ) ) ;
echo $this->Form->input('category_image', array( 'type' => 'file','id'=>'img','class'=>'required'));
echo $this->Form->input ( 'category_desc' ,array ('label' => 'Category Descrption','type'=>'textarea','class' => 'required' ) ) ;
echo $this->Form->input('category_url', array('label' => 'Category Link URL','class' => 'required','id' =>'copy_to'));
echo $this->Form->input('meta_keyword', array('label' => 'Meta Keyword'));
echo $this->Form->input('meta_desc', array('type' =>'textarea','label' => 'Meta Desc'));
echo $this->Form->end('Save Category');
?>
