Hey Ian, That code looks pretty nice, could you post the newer version you mentioned?
Cheers; Poncho On Apr 15, 2:41 pm, "ianh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There is > this:http://groups.google.co.uk/group/cake-php/browse_thread/thread/6257c7... > which gives a method you could work from. I have developed it a little > more since, so if that look useful let me know and I will paste up a > newer version somewhere. Ianh > > On 15 Apr, 04:29, "Poncho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > I'm trying to automaticallysanitizeand reformat phone and fax > > numbers, so I knocked these model methods together but Ican't seem to > > get it working. > > > function formatPhoneNumbers() > > { > > if(isset($this->data[$this->name]) && > > count($this->data[$this->name])) { > > > $this->log('$this->data['.$this->name.'] is set and is not > > empty'); > > foreach($this->data[$this->name] as $key => $value ) > > { > > if(strpos($key, 'phone') || strpos($key, 'fax')) { > > $this->formatPhone($key); > > $this->log("{$key} is being reformatted"); > > } > > } > > } > > else > > { > > $this->log('$this->data['.$this->name.'] is not set or is > > empty'); > > } > > return true; > > > } > > > function formatPhone($field=null) > > { > > if(isset($this->data[$this->name][$field]) && > > !empty($this->data[$this->name][$field])) { > > > $this->data[$this->name][$field] = > > preg_replace('/[^0-9]/i', '', > > $this->data[$this->name][$field]); > > } > > return true; > > > } > > > This is to be used for all forms, so I put the methods in AppModel and > > call them withbeforeValidatelike so: > > > functionbeforeValidate() > > { > > $this->formatPhoneNumbers(); > > return true; > > > } > > > Unfortunately, when I run the form with some data (with fields such as > > 'daytime_phone', 'evening_phone', 'fax'), the form is repopulated with > > the data without being reformatted and I get the following message > > logged: > > > 2007-04-15 12:20:09 Error: $this->data[Award] is not set or is empty > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated, I may have just overlooked > > something. > > > Cheers; > > Poncho --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
