Definately go with euromark's answer, Ed is correct in his, but like he says it can be manipulated (just for emphasis)
On 2 February 2011 18:07, Ed Propsner <[email protected]> wrote: > I'd go with euromark's answer :) He's right about the field being easily > manipulated. > > > On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 1:03 PM, Ed Propsner <[email protected]> wrote: > >> A hidden field could accomplish exactly what you are looking to do. >> >> $form->input('User.user_id', array('type' => 'hidden', 'value' => >> $this->Session->read('Auth.User.id')); >> >> The user id will accessible in your controller through $this->data >> >> HTH >> >> On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 12:53 PM, Paul Wheatley >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I have a add view that you have to be logged in to get to. >>> >>> What i am trying to do is add the UserID of the person creating the >>> record to the table so that later i can display only posts that relate to >>> him/her. I have a field called user_id and sort of hoped that Cake would do >>> a similar thing to "created" and just fill it in but alas no. >>> >>> I think what i need to do is create a hidden field in my form thats value >>> is generated from the Auth session data but i am not sure how to go about >>> it. >>> >>> Can anyone help? >>> >>> -- >>> Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials >>> http://tv.cakephp.org >>> Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help >>> others with their CakePHP related questions. >>> >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]<cake-php%[email protected]>For >>> more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php >>> >> >> > -- > Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials > http://tv.cakephp.org > Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help > others with their CakePHP related questions. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<cake-php%[email protected]>For > more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php > -- Kind Regards Stephen @ NinjaCoderMonkey www.ninjacodermonkey.co.uk -- Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php
