CakePHP input stopped working - php

Question

I'm completely new with cake, so I have no clue what happened.
this code works :
echo $this->Form->input('phone',
array(
'required' => false,
'div' => 'form-group',
'class' => 'form-control',
'label' => array(
'class' => 'control-label',
'text' => __d('admin', 'Tel. numeris')
),
'placeholder' => __d('admin', 'Tel. numeris'),
'error' => array(
'attributes' => array(
'class' => 'alert alert-danger'
)
)
)
);
this one doesn't :
echo $this->Form->input('email',
array(
'required' => false,
'div' => 'form-group',
'class' => 'form-control',
'label' => array(
'class' => 'control-label',
'text' => __d('admin', 'El.paštas')
),
'placeholder' => __d('admin', 'El.paštas'),
'error' => array(
'attributes' => array(
'class' => 'alert alert-danger'
)
)
)
);
and for example if I change email to, lets say, emailas, it works too(but then it doesnt do anything) :
echo $this->Form->input('emailas',
array(
'required' => false,
'div' => 'form-group',
'class' => 'form-control',
'label' => array(
'class' => 'control-label',
'text' => __d('admin', 'El.paštas')
),
'placeholder' => __d('admin', 'El.paštas'),
'error' => array(
'attributes' => array(
'class' => 'alert alert-danger'
)
)
)
);
could someone please help me or at least tell me where to look? The input stopped working out of the blue, so maybe theres a possibility to somehow restart whole plugin? THANK YOU IN ADVANCE
P.S.
This is how the input field looks atm vs how it should look like : http://imgur.com/bBrkgxM

Answer 1

Try this:
echo $this->Form->input('email',
array(
'required' => false,
'div' => 'form-group',
'class' => 'form-control',
'type' => 'email',
'label' => array(
'class' => 'control-label',
'text' => __d('admin', 'El.paštas')
),
'placeholder' => __d('admin', 'El.paštas'),
'error' => array(
'attributes' => array(
'class' => 'alert alert-danger'
)
)
)
);
And make sure you have email field in database and nowhere is overriding email field (in controller / model)