Question

I’m having a spot of problem with CakePHP 2.0.2. I’m wanting to create an “edit profile” action. Here’s my controller action:

public function edit_profile() {
    if ($this->request->is('get')) {
        $this->request->data = $this->User->findById($this->Auth->user('id'));
    } else {
        if ($this->User->save($this->request->data)) {
            $this->Session->setFlash(__('Your profile has been updated'));
        }
    }
}

And here’s my view:

<h2>Edit Profile</h2>
<?php
    echo $this->Form->create('User');
    echo $this->Form->input('id', array('type' => 'hidden'));
    echo $this->Form->input('first_name');
    echo $this->Form->input('last_name');
    echo $this->Form->input('email');
    echo $this->Form->end('Save Profile');
?>

However, when I submit the form, nothing seems to happen. I get no success message, and I also get no error message. If I put an else statement to complement if ($this->User->save($this->request->data)), that code block is executed though, indicating the User model data is not saved.

Where am I going wrong?

Answer 1

Check $this->User->validationErrors in the else statement if the user is not saved. My bet is that you have extra validation rules defined that are failing for fields not in your form.