Using an array as a input name in cakephp form helper

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I am trying to categorise checkboxes with category|productname values. I need to use the cakephp form helper so I am somewhat clueless as to how to do that. I tried to use an array as the input name, but I am getting a lot of errors:

 // Current code:
 $this->Form->input(array("catname","prodname"),array(....)

 // Expected for html:
 <input name="data[formname][catname][prodname]" ... ">

Any ideas on how to do this?

dhofstet · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-13 09:32:00Z

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You can use:

$this->Form->input('formname.catname.prodname', ...);

answered Jul 13, 2012 at 9:32

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dhofstet Over a year ago

@FinnWea Which CakePHP version do you use?

Tijme Over a year ago

I am using CakePHP v2.4

dhofstet Over a year ago

@FinnWea I just tested it with v2.4.1, and this snippet works fine here, i.e. it creates the HTML code the OP expected in the question.

Tijme Over a year ago

Mmm, thats strange, I used $this->Form->input('test', array('name' => 'data[test][0]'); for now.

dhofstet Over a year ago

@FinnWea Hm, I don't understand what you are trying to accomplish, but did you check the documentation of the FormHelper (book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-libraries/helpers/form.html)?

Lance Roberts · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-12 16:32:36Z

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I am trying the same, I just figured out that you can print arrays with helpers this way

// Current code:
 $this->Form->input('Model.0.object');

For example, if you have 10 objects related to this model, that will print the first one, same for 1, 2 etc.

edited Feb 12, 2015 at 16:32

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answered Feb 12, 2015 at 16:13

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