model attributes error

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1

Hi, I have a wierd problem which I am not able to figure out.

I have a form like this:




<div class="row">

<strong>Name</strong>

<input style="width: 100%;" value="" name="CategoriesForm[category_description][en][name]" id="CategoriesForm_category_description_en_name" type="text">                    </div>    


<div class="row">

<strong>Description</strong>

<textarea style="width: 100%;" rows="4" value="" name="CategoriesForm[category_description][en][description]" id="CategoriesForm_category_description_en_description"></textarea>                    

</div>        


<div class="row">


<strong>Title</strong>

<input style="width: 100%;" value="" name="CategoriesForm[category_description][en][title]" id="CategoriesForm_category_description_en_title" type="text">                    </div>           


<div class="row">

<strong>META Description</strong>

<textarea style="width: 100%;" rows="4" value="" name="CategoriesForm[category_description][en][meta_description]" id="CategoriesForm_category_description_en_meta_description"></textarea>                    

</div>              


<div class="row">

<strong>Alias (SEF URL)</strong>


<input style="width: 100%;" value="" name="CategoriesForm[category_description][en][sef_url]" id="CategoriesForm_category_description_en_sef_url" type="text">

</div>

My problem is when posting to the controller, I assign the $_POST[‘CategoriesForm’] to the $model->attributes but here is what I get when I try to output the results:




// using the default layout 'protected/views/layouts/main.php'

$model=new CategoriesForm;

        

// collect user input data

if(isset($_POST['CategoriesForm']))

{

    

    // pass form input values to the LoginForm class									

    $model->attributes=$_POST['CategoriesForm'];

    echo '<pre>';

    

    print_r($_POST['CategoriesForm']);

    

    echo '</pre>';

    

    echo '<pre>';

    

    print_r($model->attributes);

    

    echo '</pre>';

    

    Yii::app()->end();	

}


Array

(

    [id] => 

    [category_description] => Array

        (

            [en] => Array

                (

                    [name] => aaaaaaaa

                    [description] => aaaaaaaaa

                    [title] => aaaaaaaaaa

                    [meta_description] => aaaaaaaaaa

                    [sef_url] => aaaaaaaaaaaaa

                )


            [fr] => Array

                (

                    [name] => 

                    [description] => 

                    [title] => 

                    [meta_description] => 

                    [sef_url] => 

                )


        )


)

Array

(

    [id] => 

    [category_description] => Array

        (

        )


)

I tried the same test with my login for and it works.

Anyone know why this happens?

Thanks!

2

You probably didn’t add validation rules to the model.

/Tommy

3

Here are my rules:




	public function rules()

	{

		$rules = array();

		

		foreach (Tbl_Language::model()->active()->findAll() as $value) {

			$rules[] = array('category_description['.$value->code.'][name]', 'required');

			$rules[] = array('category_description['.$value->code.'][description]', 'required');

			$rules[] = array('category_description['.$value->code.'][title]', 'required');			

			$rules[] = array('category_description['.$value->code.'][sef_url]', 'required');

		}		

		

		return $rules;

	}


Array

(

    [0] => Array

        (

            [0] => category_description[en][name]

            [1] => required

        )


    [1] => Array

        (

            [0] => category_description[en][description]

            [1] => required

        )


    [2] => Array

        (

            [0] => category_description[en][title]

            [1] => required

        )


    [3] => Array

        (

            [0] => category_description[en][sef_url]

            [1] => required

        )


    [4] => Array

        (

            [0] => category_description[fr][name]

            [1] => required

        )


    [5] => Array

        (

            [0] => category_description[fr][description]

            [1] => required

        )


    [6] => Array

        (

            [0] => category_description[fr][title]

            [1] => required

        )


    [7] => Array

        (

            [0] => category_description[fr][sef_url]

            [1] => required

        )


)
4

I’ve never tried something like this, but I think you can get the assignment to work by adding a CSafeValidator for the attribute ‘category_description’.




array('category_description', 'safe'),

(or assign explicitly to ‘category_description’ instead of to ‘attributes’).

/Tommy

5

One thing that works is if I do this:

Taken from the guide itself




foreach($_POST['CategoriesForm'] as $name=>$value)

{                   

	$model->$name=$value;

}

But wouldn’t this just skip the safe attribute validation? Unless I do it in the loop, but I thought i’d try and find out why this way doesn’t work. I guess it’s because of the multi dimensional array maybe?

Thanks for answering though!

6

It is because of the multidimensional array… If you are editing one language at the time there is no need to use it…

7

Thanks for your reply!

Is there any way to fix this?