Question

im struggling with my cake code(very new to cakephp) and was after some help. what is intended by my code is to get data from a form and when the person hits register it send data to my database but that is not happening, instead when i hit register the page is reloading. I’m currently using cake 2.0 and wamp server 2.2

here is the code for my add function from my individualscontroller.php

function addIndividual(){
    if($this->request->is('individuals')){
    {if ($this->Individual->save($this->request->data)) {
            $this->Session->setFlash('The user has been saved');
            $this->redirect(array('action' => 'index'));
        } else {
$this->Session->setFlash('The user could not be saved. Please, try again.');
        }
    }
}

} code here

and here is the code from my add_individual.ctp including the form

   <h2>Please enter your details</h2>
<?php
echo $this->Form->create('individuals', array('action'=>'addIndividual'));
echo $this->Form->input('Title: ');
echo $this->Form->input('First Name: ');
echo $this->Form->input('Surname: ');
echo $this->Form->input('Street Address: ');
echo $this->Form->input('Suburb: ');
echo $this->Form->input('State: ');
echo $this->Form->input('Country: ');
echo $this->Form->input('Email: ');
echo $this->Form->input('Password: ');
echo $this->Form->end('Click here to Register');

?>

EDIT – The name of the table im trying to insert data into is called individuals
any help would be greatly appreciated

Answer 1

function addIndividual(){
if($this->request->is('individuals')){
if ($this->Individual->save($this->request->data)) {
        $this->Session->setFlash('The user has been saved');
        $this->redirect(array('action' => 'index'));
    } else {
$this->Session->setFlash('The user could not be saved. Please, try again.');
    }
}
}

Change this code to

function addIndividual(){
if($this->request->is('post')){
{if ($this->Individual->save($this->request->data)) {
        $this->Session->setFlash('The user has been saved');
        $this->redirect(array('action' => 'index'));
    } else {
$this->Session->setFlash('The user could not be saved. Please, try again.');
    }
}
}

Also please change your view file as follows.

<h2>Please enter your details</h2>
<?php
echo $this->Form->create('Individual', array('action'=>'addIndividual'));
echo $this->Form->input('FieldnameasinDB',array('label'=>'Title: '));
echo $this->Form->input('FieldnameasinDB',array('label'=>'First Name: '));
echo $this->Form->input('FieldnameasinDB',array('label'=>'Surname: '));
echo $this->Form->input('FieldnameasinDB',array('label'=>'Street Address: '));
echo $this->Form->input('FieldnameasinDB',array('label'=>'Suburb: '));
echo $this->Form->input('FieldnameasinDB',array('label'=>'State: '));
echo $this->Form->input('FieldnameasinDB',array('label'=>'Country: '));
echo $this->Form->input('FieldnameasinDB',array('label'=>'Email: '));
echo $this->Form->input('FieldnameasinDB',array('label'=>'Password: '));
echo $this->Form->end('Click here to Register');

?>

Change the model like this

<?php class Individual extends AppModel{ var $name='Individual'; 
    public $useTable = 'tableName';
    public $primaryKey = 'userid';}