CakePHP - Create a form which edits multiple rows of the same model

Question

I am trying to build a form that consists of Subjects, which belong to SubjectGroups. Visually, the subjects are shown on the page under headings of each subject group. You will be able to edit the name of a subject group or an individual subject.

If I were to give you an example of the HTML:

<div class="heading">
    <input type="text" value="Subject Group 1" />
</div>
<input type="text" value="Subject 1" />
<input type="text" value="Subject 2" />
<input type="text" value="Subject 3" />

<div class="heading">
    <input type="text" value="Subject Group 2" />
</div>
<input type="text" value="Subject 4" />
<input type="text" value="Subject 5" />
<input type="text" value="Subject 6" />

...

How do I build the form using Cake's FormHelper that will allow me to update multiple rows like this?
How do I then validate and update both the SubjectGroup and Subject models?
How do I process many instances of each model (subject 1, subject 2, etc.)?

DariusVE · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-16 21:53:53Z

9

See the documentation for Saving Related Model Data (specifically the numeric-syntax used in the "Company hasMany Account" example). You should be able to achieve this by looping over your data:

$i = $j = 0;
foreach ($subjectGroups as $subjectGroup):
    echo $this->Form->input('SubjectGroup.' . $i . '.id');
    echo $this->Form->input('SubjectGroup.' . $i . '.name');
    foreach ($subjectGroup['Subject'] as $subject):
        echo $this->Form->input('Subject.' . $j . '.id');
        echo $this->Form->input('Subject.' . $j . '.name');
        $j++;
    endforeach;
    $i++;
endforeach;

As for saving, you just do $this->SubjectGroup->saveAll($this->data);.

edited Jun 16, 2014 at 21:53

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answered Sep 15, 2011 at 11:47

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Krishna · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-15 11:12:47Z

<div class="heading">
<?php echo $form->input('SubjectGroup.subjectgroup',array('value'=>'subjectgroup 1'));?>    
</div>
<?php echo $form->input('Subject.subject',array('value'=>'subject 1'));?>
<?php echo $form->input('Subject.subject',array('value'=>'subject 2'));?>
<?php echo $form->input('Subject.subject',array('value'=>'subject 3'));?>
<div class="heading">
   <?php echo $form->input('SubjectGroup.subjectgroup',array('value'=>'subjectgroup 2'));?>  
</div>
<?php echo $form->input('Subject.subject',array('value'=>'subject 4'));?>
<?php echo $form->input('Subject.subject',array('value'=>'subject 5'));?>
<?php echo $form->input('Subject.subject',array('value'=>'subject 6'));?>
......
in controller
<?php 
$subjctgroup = $this->data['SubjectGroup'];
$subject = $this->data['Subject'];
$this->User->set( $user );
$this->Contractor->set( $subject );
   if ($this->Subject->validates() && $this->SubjectGroup->validates())
   {
    .......//your code for save the data
   }
   else
   {
        $this->validateErrors($this->Subject);
        $this->validateErrors($this->SubjectGroup);
        $this->render();
   }
   ?>

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