Question

I have this function in CakePHP’s AppModel (This is used to install initial data in CakePHP) However, I can’t seem to get it to save my data, and I get no errors.

Here is my function inside App/Model/AppModel.php:

public function importData() {
$initialOptionData = array(
array( 'Option' => array( 'name' => 'version', 'value' => '1.0.0', )),
array( 'Option' => array( 'name' => 'site-name', 'value' => 'Site Title', )),
    );
$this->create();
$this->saveMany($initialOptionData);
}

Answer 1

From you posted code it seems you’re trying to save you data to options table, and to do that you need to use Option model.

But you’re code is within AppModel, so first import Option model and then execute your save statements.

Your code should look like:

public function importData() {

  $initialOptionData = array(
       array( 'Option' => array( 'name' => 'version', 'value' => '1.0.0', )),
       array( 'Option' => array( 'name' => 'site-name', 'value' => 'Site Title', )),
    );

   App::import('model','Option');  // Import the Option Model
   $Option = new Option();  // create instance of Option class

   // save statements

   $Option->create();
   $Option->saveMany($initialOptionData);

}

Note

Code you’re trying will work if you write that within app/model/Option.php file.