Question

created a view function and any time i click the link to view a template, the url at the top of the page is correct but it spits out the same list of fields in the database.

the fields are

accounts - id, company name, abn
template - id, name, description, account_id
field - id, name, field type, template_id

function view(){

    $accounts=$this->User->AccountsUser->find('list',
    array('fields'=>array('id', 'account_id'),
    'conditions' =>array('user_id' => 
    $this->Auth->user('id'))));

    $templates=$this->Template->find('first', 
    array('conditions' => array(
    'Template.account_id' => $accounts)));

    $fields=$this->Field->find('all', 
    array('conditions' => array(
    'Field.template_id' => Set::extract('/Template/id', $templates))));


    $this->set('template', $templates);
    $this->set('account', $accounts);
    $this->set('field', $fields);


}

here is the view

    <div class = "conlinks">
    </br></br></br></br></br><h2>Here is your template fields</h2></br>
                    <?php foreach($field as $fields): ?>
                    <tr>
                    <td align='center'><?php echo $fields['Field']['name']; ?>
                    </tr></br>
                    <?php endforeach; ?>
</div>

so the problem is its grabbing the exact same list of fields, not the correct template_id when it prints out the fields

Answer 1

the issue was I wasn’t getting the parameters when click the link

function view($name){

$fields = $this->Template->Field->find('list',array( 
          'fields'=> array('name'),
          'conditions' => array(
          'template_id'=> $name)));
$this->set('field', $fields);


}

and the view

<div class = "conlinks">
        </br><h2>Here is your template fields</h2>

                        <?php foreach($field as $name): ?>
                        <tr>
                        <td align='center'>
                        <?php echo $name; ?>
                        </tr></br>
                        <?php endforeach; ?>
                        </br>

<?php
echo $this->Html->link('Back', '/templates/view', array('class' => 'button'));?>
    </div>