I have several fields in my form that i wish to post to the database. All the other fields bar the dropdown field are all working fine
The official documentation for zend 2 is not really clear on how to deal with posting data from a dropdown menu into the database
Here's what i have:
my addAction in the controller
public function addAction()
{
$form = new UsersForm();
$form->get('submit')->setValue('Add');
$request = $this->getRequest();
if ($request->isPost())
{
$users = new Users();
$form->setInputFilter($users->getInputFilter());
$form->setData($request->getPost());
if ($form->isValid())
{
$users->exchangeArray($form->getData());
$this->getUsersTable()->saveUser($users);
// Redirect to list of albums
return $this->redirect()->toRoute('index');
}
}
return array('form' => $form);
}
my form
public function __construct($name = null)
{
// we want to ignore the name passed
parent::__construct('users');
//other form elements...
//the dropdown menu
$this->add(array(
'type' => 'Select',
'name' => 'groupid',
'options' => array(
'label' => 'Group',
'value_options' => array(
'0' => 'Not Selected',
'1' => 'Super Admin',
'2' => 'Company Admin',
),
),
));
//...
}
}
the view
<?php
$form->setAttribute('action', $this->url('user', array('action' => 'add')));
$form->prepare();
echo $this->form()->openTag($form);
echo $this->formRow($form->get('groupid'));
echo $this->formSubmit($form->get('submit'));
echo $this->form()->closeTag();
When i run my application for the addAction, i get an error message:
Statement could not be executed (23000 - 1048 - Column 'GroupID' cannot be null)
where 'GroupID' is the column in my table that takes the value from the dropdown which means the field is not being posted
I need help on this
If the column in your database is GroupID, the form element should also be named that. Yours is groupid (i.e. lowercase). If that doesn't fix the issue, please edit your question to include the DB structure and the code for the saveUser() function.
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I have custom post types called "Products". and using the AFC(Advanced Custom Fields) plugin with this post type.
Below is what ACF has in fields group
- one filed called 'Product Description' as text area
- three text fields called 'Feature 1, Feature 2,Feature 3'
What I want to achieve is to get the data from external JSON file and populate the above ACF fields in the backend. I did some research and found Wordpress offers wp_remote_get() function to request the remote file. But I have no clue where to begin with to use this function or any other approach to use external JSON and populate these fields. Will really appreciate it someone points me to the right direction or any tutorial that shows how to achieve that. Thanks
I figured it out. View the working code below.
// Get JSON and Decode
$json_request = wp_remote_get( 'http://wp-test/test/data.json');
if( is_wp_error( $json_request ) ) {
return false;
}
$json_body = wp_remote_retrieve_body( $json_request );
$json_data = json_decode( $json_body );
// Create the new post and populate the fields
foreach( $json_data->products as $item ) {
$title = $item->title;
$desc = $item->content;
$status = $item->status;
$new_post = array(
'post_title' => $title,
'post_content' => $desc,
'post_status' => $status,
'post_author' => $userID,
'post_type' => 'products'
);
$post_id = post_exists( $title );
if (!$post_id) {
$post_id = wp_insert_post($new_post);
}
}
I learned here how one can save the data to the fields of join table CoursesMemberships while adding or editing a student in CakePHP 3.x. In order to add grades for many courses I can do this in my add and edit forms:
echo $this->Form->control('courses.0.id', ['type' => 'select', 'options' => $courses]);
echo $this->Form->control('courses.0._joinData.grade');
echo $this->Form->control('courses.1.id', ['type' => 'select', 'options' => $courses]);
echo $this->Form->control('courses.1._joinData.grade');
echo $this->Form->control('courses.2.id', ['type' => 'select', 'options' => $courses]);
echo $this->Form->control('courses.2._joinData.grade');
...
but this form:
has a fixed number of courses for each student;
requires to select the course id from the list ('type' => 'select');
adds all courses to the student record even if not attended (well, the corresponding grade field can be kept empty, but still).
Is there a way to have a simpler form, where all courses are listed and one can only checkbox the course attended and enter the corresponding grade? I found it very challenging using control...
EDIT:
After #ndm suggested a very nice method below, I implemented it in the add.ctp:
foreach ($courses as $key => $course) {
echo $this->Form->control('courses.'.$key.'.id', ['type' => 'checkbox', 'hiddenField' => false, 'value' => $key,
'label' => $key]);
echo $this->Form->control('courses.'.$key.'._joinData.grades');
}
and corrected StudentsTable.php accordingly. And it runs with no problems.
However, if I do the same in edit.ctp, the previously saved records (e.g. for 1, 3, 5 and 7 courses are now listed as 1, 2 and 3 showing the grades for former 3rd 5th and 7th courses and the form forces me to check those three boxes. I understand that the first record disappeared because my courses start with id=1 (and so does the $key in the loop) and 'courses.0.id' is thus missing, but the general problem is that the empty fields removed by beforeMarshal function are no longer recognized in edit.ctp form and I cannot find a reasonable way to edit the student's record.
There is no build in support for what you are trying to achieve, you'll have to come up with a custom solution, which will likely either require a mixture of form and marshalling logic, or JavaScript.
You could create for example a list of checkboxes, and use the id value (wich will be zero in case the checkbox isn't checked, or the ID in case it is checked) to remove unchecked entries from the submitted data before marshalling, something like this:
echo $this->Form->control('courses.0.id', [
'type' => 'checkbox',
'value' => $courses[0]->id,
'label' => $courses[0]->title
]);
echo $this->Form->control('courses.0._joinData.grade');
echo $this->Form->control('courses.1.id', [
'type' => 'checkbox',
'value' => $courses[1]->id,
'label' => $courses[1]->title
]);
echo $this->Form->control('courses.1._joinData.grade');
// ...
// in the `StudentsTable` class
public function beforeMarshal(\Cake\Event\Event $event, \ArrayObject $data, \ArrayObject $options)
{
forach ($data['courses'] as $key => $course) {
if (empty($course['id'])) {
unset($data['courses'][$key])
}
}
}
Alternatively you could use JavaScript to disable the controls related to the checkbox so that they aren't being submitted in the first place. For this to work properly you'll need to make sure that you disable the hidden field that is by default being generated for checkboxes (see the hiddenField option), as otherwise zero will be sent for unchecked checkboxes.
Here's a quick, untested jQuery example to illustrate the principle:
echo $this->Form->control('courses.0.id', [
'class' => 'course-checkbox',
'data-join-data-input' => '#course-join-data-0',
'type' => 'checkbox',
'hiddenField' => false, // no fallback, unchecked boxes aren't being submitted
'value' => $courses[0]->id,
'label' => $courses[0]->title
]);
echo $this->Form->control('courses.0._joinData.grade', [
'id' => 'course-join-data-0',
'disabled' => true
]);
// ...
$('.course-checkbox').each(function () {
var $checkbox = $(this);
var $joinDataInput = $($checkbox.data('join-data-input'));
$checkbox.on('change', function () {
$joinDataInput.prop('disabled', !$checkbox.prop('checked'));
});
});
See also
Cookbook > Database Access & ORM > Saving Data > Modifying Request Data Before Building Entities
Cookbook > Views > Helpers > Form > Creating Select, Checkbox and Radio Controls > Options for Control
Cookbook > Views > Helpers > Form > Creating Select, Checkbox and Radio Controls > Creating Checkboxes
I have a 'post' table with attribute 'user_id' in it to know who have posted that post. I run into a problem, when create a post, the 'user_id' didn't add into database, which can't be null, so I can't continue from there. So how can I add 'user_id' of the user that is currently logging in, automatically.
I'm using Yii2 basic template.
Thanks
Or you could have a look at Blameable Behavior
BlameableBehavior automatically fills the specified attributes with the current user ID.
I use this in alot of my projects (often combined with sluggable and timeable) and its easy to use, just put the following in your Post model:
use yii\behaviors\BlameableBehavior;
public function behaviors()
{
return [
[
'class' => BlameableBehavior::className(),
'createdByAttribute' => 'user_id',
'updatedByAttribute' => false,
'attributes' => [
ActiveRecord::EVENT_BEFORE_VALIDATE => ['user_id'] // If usr_id is required
]
],
];
}
Referencing Behavior validation on validation behaviors.
If you want to do it manually like the other answers suggest, you need to change
if ($model->load(Yii::$app->request->post()) && $model->save()) {
return $this->redirect(['view', 'id' => $model->id]);
}
to
if ($model->load(Yii::$app->request->post()) && $model->validate()) {
$model->user_id = \Yii::$app->user->identity->id
$model->save()
return $this->redirect(['view', 'id' => $model->id]);
}
Remember: when you validate before inputting the user id, the user_id can't be required in your model rules!
Apart from what Bloodhound suggest, you can also use the following code to get the currently logged in user ID:
$loggedInUserId = \Yii::$app->user->getId();
you can try this code
//To get whole logged user data
$user = \Yii::$app->user->identity;
//To get id of the logged user
$userId = \Yii::$app->user->identity->id
Look at the documentation for more details: doc .
I am trying to learn opencart structure, and trying to create a new column under the table product. The new column is "test"
Then I try to retrieve the data under this page index.php?route=checkout/cart (replace price with test column)
catalog\controller\checkout\cart.php
...
$this->data['products'][] = array(
'key' => $product['key'],
'thumb' => $image,
'name' => $product['name'],
'model' => $product['model'],
'option' => $option_data,
'quantity' => $product['quantity'],
'stock' => $product['stock'] ? true : !(!$this->config->get('config_stock_checkout') || $this->config->get('config_stock_warning')),
'reward' => ($product['reward'] ? sprintf($this->language->get('text_points'), $product['reward']) : ''),
'price' => $product['test'], //<-- new column
'total' => $total,
'href' => $this->url->link('product/product', 'product_id=' . $product['product_id']),
'remove' => $this->url->link('checkout/cart', 'remove=' . $product['key'])
);
The problem is I'm not getting any output, and I'm not sure how to work with the model. Which query/function is related with this page ?
The problem is that the $products that are available at cart.php controller are retrieved from the session where they have been stored in previously set structure, so there is no test index and You should get a Notice: undefined index 'test' in .... The $products are retrieved by
foreach ($this->cart->getProducts() as $product) {
//...
}
See /system/library/cart.php and method getProducts() to understand what I am speaking about.
If You would like to use this at catalog/controller/product/category.php or catalog/controller/product/product.php controllers, the code You are trying will work.
If You replace the price within all product lists and product detail, these controllers:
product/
category.php
manufacturer_info.php
product.php
search.php
special.php
module/
bestseller.php
featured.php
latest.php
special.php
with Your value, the final price within cart would be Your test value.
I need to insert multioptions to a dropdown list, options taken from a table from my database.
I created the elements like:
$this->add(array(
'name' => 'company',
'type' => 'Zend\Form\Element\Select',
//'multiOptions'=> $options,
'options' => array(
'label' => 'Company',
),
'attributes' => array(
'style' => "float:right;",
),
));
I want to choose from a dropdown list some values that are in a table in my database. For example I have the entity Contacts and I need to choose for the contact a company that is in a table named companies in the database.
After reading on zend framework's site, I tried using this code:
$params = array(
'driver'=>'Pdo_Mysql',
'host'=>'localhost',
'username'=>'root',
'password'=>'',
'dbname' =>'myDataBase'
);
$db = new \Zend\Db\Adapter\Adapter($params);
$sql= new Sql($db);
$select = $sql->select();
$select ->from('companies')
->columns(array('id','company_name'))
->order(" 'company_name' ASC");
I also read on some other sites that I could use a function:
$options = $sql->fetchPairs('SELECT id, name FROM country ORDER BY name ASC');
but it seems it doesn't exist anymore in Zend Framework 2.
Please guys, give me a hand. If the code isn't good and you have a better idea, please tell me.
Thanks in advance!
This is just a quick and dirty answer, but i guess it can get you started.
Create a ServiceFactory, this should be done in a separate factory class instead of a closure, but i still use a closure - faster to write ;)
Get the config from the ServiceLocator so you have access to the DB-Params
Create your default SQL Stuff to retriefe the value_options
Populate the value_options using the setValueOptions($valueOptions) function of your given form-element
Module.php getServiceConfig()
return array(
'factories' => array(
'my-form-factory' => function($serviceLocator) {
$form = new My\Form();
$config = $serviceLocator->get('config');
$db = new \Zend\Db\Auth\Adapter\Adapter($config['dbParams']); //or whatever you named the array key
$sql = //do your SQL Stuff
// This is a fake array, it should be your $sql result in the given format
$result = array('value' => 'label', 'value2' => 'label2');
$form->get('elementToPopulate')->setValueOptions($result);
return $form;
}
)
);
SomeController.php someAction()
$form = $this->getServiceLocator()->get('my-form-factory');
return new ViewModel(array(
'form' => $form
));
I hope this gets you started
you have to add that field validation on controller for setting value in it.
$select = $db->select()->where("state_code = ?",$arr["state_code"]);
$resultSet = $cityObj->fetchAll($select);
$cityArr = $resultSet->toArray();
$city_ar = array();
foreach($cityArr as $city){
$city_ar[$city['id']] = $city['company'];
}
$form->company->setMultiOptions($city_ar);
$form->company->setValue($val["company"]);
by using this code drop down of country have the value that are in resultset array ($resultSet).