Question

I dont understand why I am not able to update a field on the database based on the following code:

$this->User->id = 1;
$this->User->saveField('image','img/default_pic.png');

Basically, I want to change the current image in the Db with a new one.

The code above just clears the value that is currently in the image field, but does not add anything.

As an example, this is what happens:

id    username    image
=============================
1     admin       mypic.jpg
2     john        johnPic.jpg

After the code above is executed I get the following result

id    username    image
=============================
1     admin       
2     john        johnPic.jpg

I am confused at what is actually happening

Answer 1

SOLVED!

I decided to go back and check on my user.php model class and realized that I had attempted to use MeioUpload before and gave up, but I never removed the var actsAs entry.

As soon as I commented it out, I am now able to upload pictures.

For anyone else that might come across this issue, beforeSave might also caused these kind of problems, according to the following blog: http://blog.phplabs.net/2011/11/cakephp-savefield-not-working.html

Thanks,