CakePHP is it possible to instance multiple controller actions in one view

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I'm a little bit of a beginner to CakePHP and PHP in general, but I have OOP experience. I'm trying to make a mini Twitter to get used to the Cake framework.

I have a PostsController class that handles all creating blog posts, editing deleting etc, but I'm having trouble adding and add post form to the same page above the View Posts.

i.e. adding posts works fine when I link to a new page

    <p><?php echo $this->Html->link('Add Post', array('action' => 'add')); ?></p>

but while trying to put a form in the same page as the view I don't know how to call the 'add' action to save and use the data taken in in the form.

    echo $this->Form->create('Post',array('action' => 'add'));
    echo $this->Form->input('title');
    echo $this->Form->input('body', array('rows' => '3'));
    echo $this->Form->end('Save Post');

dogmatic69 · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-22 12:44:44Z

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    echo $this->Form->create('Post', array('action' => 'add'));
    echo $this->Form->input('title');
    echo $this->Form->input('body', array('rows' => '3'));
    echo $this->Form->end('Save Post');

putting random arrays in your code will not do anything.

answered Feb 22, 2012 at 12:44

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Robert Ross · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-20 23:50:07Z

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Missing semicolon after the array
Not assigning or using the array in anything.
Trying putting your array as the second parameter in the form create method.

answered Feb 20, 2012 at 23:50

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Eoin Murray Over a year ago

that doesn't work, same thing, page refreshes but no post save. Thanks anyway for the answer.

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