I have this code in my products_controller.php:
<?php
class ProductsController extends AppController{
var $name = 'Products';
var $helpers = array('Form');
//var $scaffold;
function index(){
$this->Product->recursive = 1;
$products = $this->Product->find('all');
$this->set('products',$products);
//pr($products);
}
function add(){
if(!empty($this->data)){
$this->Product->create();
$this->Product->save($this->data);
$this->redirect(array('action'=>'index'));
}
$categories = $this->Product->Category->find('list',array(
'field'=>array('Category.categoryName')
));
$this->set('categories',$categories);
pr($categories);
}
}
?>
what it actually does in my database is this:
SELECT `Category`.`id` FROM `categories` AS `Category` WHERE 1 = 1
The thing is, I am not trying to select Category.id. I want to select Category.categoryName which is another field in my database so that it will automatically populate a dropdown list in my add.ctp file which goes like this:
<h2>ADD</h2>
<?php echo $form->create('Product'); ?>
<?php
echo $form->input('ProductName');
echo $form->input('categories');
echo $form->end('DONE');
?>
any help would be highly appreciated.