Question

I don’t know how to save a change from a drop down menu to a database.

I grab the list from a database.

$list_categories = ORM::factory('category')->find_all()->as_array('category_id','category_name');

I grab the selected category that is already saved in the database.

$selected_category = $edit_forum->category_id;

I echo the drop down menu.

Form::select('category', $list_categories, $selected_category);

Let’s say it lists A, B, C. B is the current selected category and I want to change it to A. I want to save this change to the database, but don’t know how.

I currently do the following to save to the database:

    $edit_forum->values($this->request->post());

    $errors = array();

    try {

        $edit_forum->save();

        $this->request->redirect('acp/forums');

   } catch (ORM_Validation_Exception $ex) {

       $errors = $ex->errors('validation');

   }

The above works fine with text fields, but not the drop down menu.

Edit: My problem seems to be that I can’t change the category_id. Anyone know how? category_id is a foreign key.

Answer 1

I figured it out. My routes, rules, and labels were wrong.