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CakePHP form save/validate/debug FAQ: How do I debug problems in the CakePHP form save/validate process?

One problem I've run into with CakePHP is that while the form validation approach works very well 95% of the time, when it fails it can be very hard to debug. Because the form validation process happens when you invoke the save() method, much of this debugging process seems to be out of your control.

I wish I had more statistics to look at this, but at a preliminary glance, it looks like Drupal has accounted for all new PHP job openings in the last twelve months. I just published a little CakePHP, Drupal, and LAMP PHP jobs survey, and while the good news is that the PHP job market appears to have grown well in the last twelve months, the case can be made -- based on these statistics -- that Drupal accounted for almost all of the new PHP job openings.

CakePHP readonly text field FAQ: Can I make a readonly textfield in CakePHP (a CakePHP Form input field, or Form text field)?

I haven't worked it all out yet, but I first tried to create a CakePHP readonly text field like this, using the CakePHP Form text object, which doesn't seem to work:

# this doesn't work
echo $this->Form->text('complexity', array('readonly' => 'readonly'));

When that failed I kept poking on the CakePHP Form input object, and was able to create a readonly text field like this:

CakePHP jQuery FAQ: How do I get jQuery to work with CakePHP? (For example, to put default input focus on a textfield when a page loads (the onload event)).

If you haven't already done it, the first thing you need to do is install jQuery to work with CakePHP. Here's a quick CakePHP jQuery installation primer.

CakePHP jQuery installation/configuration

Before beginning, it is important to note that I'm working with CakePHP version 1.3.6, and jQuery version 1.4.4.

CakePHP field required validation rule - How to make a CakePHP view field a required field.

I'm still very new to CakePHP, and as a result I just spent thirty minutes fighting with a CakePHP field required rule. In short, if you want a text field to be required, your CakePHP validation rule should look something like this: