Ticket Details

form->field() does not populate embedded properties correctly

BUG Ticket (pending) 

###What is happening:
{{{
echo $this->form->field('timePeriod.start',
	array(
		'type' => 'text',
		'label' => 'Début des transactions',
		'readonly' => true
	)
);
}}}

This outputs a blank input field although the timePeriod.start property is correctly set.

{{{
echo $this->form->text('timePeriod.start',
	array(
		'readonly' => true
	)
;
}}}

This correctly outputs the input field with the correct value. 

I've looked inside the Form.php (this may be a wrong interpretation from my part) file and it seems that in the first case where we use the **field** method, the **_defaults** method is called more than once and overwrites **options['value']**:

- once from inside the **field** method and overwrites the **$name** of the field (line 715).
- the second time, **field** is called from inside the **text** method and has the wrong **$name** parameter.
on 05.12.11 reported by: DeKay owned by: nate

Updates

(duplicate) on 05.12.11 by nate
  • owner was changed to nate
  • status was changed to closed
  • resolution was changed to duplicate
This was fixed earlier today.
(reopened) on 05.13.11 by DeKay
  • status was changed to pending
  • resolution was removed
Ok the commit fixed for a singleton embedded doc, but if the variable is an array of embedded documents, the value is not set, I have to manually set them like this:

{{{
foreach ($account->lineTransactions as $i => $transaction) {
	echo '<p>'.$id.': '.$transaction->date.' '.$transaction->description.' '.$transaction->amount.' '.$transaction->currency.'</p>';
			
	echo $this->form->hidden('lineTransactions.'.$i.'.date', array('value' => $transaction->date));
	echo $this->form->hidden('lineTransactions.'.$i.'.description', array('value' => $transaction->description));
	echo $this->form->hidden('lineTransactions.'.$i.'.amount', array('value' => $transaction->amount));
	echo $this->form->hidden('lineTransactions.'.$i.'.currency', array('value' => $transaction->currency));
}
}}}

Is this the normal behavior? It would be great if we could just have:

{{{
foreach ($account->lineTransactions as $i => $transaction) {
	echo '<p>'.$id.': '.$transaction->date.' '.$transaction->description.' '.$transaction->amount.' '.$transaction->currency.'</p>';
			
	echo $this->form->hidden('lineTransactions.'.$i.'.date');
	echo $this->form->hidden('lineTransactions.'.$i.'.description');
	echo $this->form->hidden('lineTransactions.'.$i.'.amount');
	echo $this->form->hidden('lineTransactions.'.$i.'.currency');
}
}}}