Question

According to the manual, I should be able to do this which is to leave Model as null

<?php
echo $this->Form->create(null, array('url' => '/recipes/add'));
// or
echo $this->Form->create(null, array(
    'url' => array('controller' => 'recipes', 'action' => 'add')
));

But in reality, I got error saying missing database table? Why?

I have my Model which is not directly mapping to any table. Why can’t I leave it as null? Something like this:

<?php echo $this->Form->create(null,array('url' => array('my_account','action' => 'change_avatar'),'type' => 'file'));?>

Answer 1

Try passing false for the model instead of null:

<?php
echo $this->Form->create(false, array('url' => '/recipes/add'));
// or
echo $this->Form->create(false, array(
    'url' => array('controller' => 'recipes', 'action' => 'add')
));

From the manual:

You can also pass false for $model. This will place your form data into the array: $this->request->data (instead of in the sub-array: $this->request->data[‘Model’]). This can be handy for short forms that may not represent anything in your database.