Question

I’m wondering why $this->Form->select() in CakePHP 2.1 doesn’t come with a wrapping div and label.

Do I have to wrap it by myself like:

<?php
     echo '<div><label for="MyModel">MyModel</label>';
     echo $this->Form->select('MyModel', $options, array('empty' => 'choose one'));
     echo '</div>';
?>

Answer 1

that’s why I never ever use anything else than

$this->Form->input();

in your case:

$this->Form->input('name', array('type'=>'select', 'empty' => 'choose one', 'options'=>$options));

no need to ever use select(), text() etc