Question

I have this enum select list pre-selected with values then this is put into Form helper and select function like below:

$enumList = enum('Uusi hakija', 'Jatkohakemus', '40+', '60+','Työyhteisöhanke','Mieshanke','Urheiluseurahanke');
        $vars = explode('.', $enumList);
        echo $this->Form->select('Model.project_type', $vars);

My question is how can you set it so you define “selected” value with session value like below?

$saved = $this->Session->read('form'); 
echo $this->Form->input('amount_accepted',array('value' => $saved['amount_accepted'] ));

Answer 1

do it in the controller and pass it along to the view

if (!empty($this->data)) {
 ...
} else {
 # now comes your part
 $this->data['Model']['amount_accepted'] = $this->Session->read('Model.amount_accepted');
}

PS: why so complicated with the options?

$this->Form->input('amount_accepted', array('options'=>array('Uusi hakija', 'Jatkohakemus', '40+', '60+','Työyhteisöhanke','Mieshanke','Urheiluseurahanke')));