Friend,
I have been where you are. Here is a tutorial that helped me greatly:
http://forum.phpsitesolutions.com/php-frameworks/cakephp/ajax-cakephp-dynamically-populate-html-select-dropdown-box-t29.html
Of course I was not satisfied with just that, so check out this thread
and the final answer
I have a ajax application form , i need to add state country select
boxes to it (again using ajax)
in my view file every thing goes fine if i use
///apply.ctp
echo $form->create('User');
echo $form->select('country_id',array($countries),null,array
('id'=>'countries'),false);
echo $form->select('