formhelper

Creating 'select' listboxes using FormHelper in CakePHP

I have two models Category and Point. The associations are defined as: Category hasMany Point Point belongsTo Category I would like, when adding Points to my database, to be able to select the category it belongs to from a <select> box, along with the rest of the form data. Where would i need to set the category list and how could i ...

CakePHP FormHelper - Can't disable multiple checkboxes

I've got the following in my view: echo $form->input('Category', array('multiple' => 'checkbox', 'disabled' => true)); But, the checkboxes aren't disabled... ...

RoR 3 - overriding the FormBuilder default f.submit into a button

I have a form, and for layout (and future use), i would like to know how to change the default f.submit that generates a: To a html tag that shouldn't give any errors. What i have now is an extention on the formbuilder In my view: <%= form_for resource, :as => resource_name, :url => session_path(resource_name), :class => "for...

problem with form helper and list

hi, I want to make a SELECT item with the result of a query, I have this in the view: echo $this->Form->input('person_id'); I want the value to be the person's id, and display the concatenation of firstname and lastname, like so: <select id="ResearchGroupPersonId" name="data[ResearchGroup][person_id]"> <option value="2">lastname2...