insert multiple rows in a saveall in cakephp - php

Question

i'm newbie in Cake and wodering how to insert multiple rows in a single saveall function,
i got this table,
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `dates` (
`date` varchar(10) COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci NOT NULL
)
what i'm trying to do is let user select start date and end date using JQuery calander, once submit all the dates between this range will be saved into database, i already got the array of dates eg:
`array(
(int) 0 => '5/8/2013',
(int) 1 => '6/8/2013',
(int) 2 => '7/8/2013',
(int) 3 => '8/8/2013',
)
`
then my controller looks like this:
public function index(){
if ($this->request->is('post')) {
$this->Date->create();
$data = array();
$data['dates']=array();
$startDate = $this->request->data['Date']['from'];
$endDate = $this->request->data['Date']['to'];
$datesBlocked = $this->loopDates($this->request->data['Date']['from'],$this->request->data['Date']['to']);
$data['dates'][] = $this->request->data['Blockdate']['from'];
$data['dates'][] = $this->request->data['Blockdate']['to'];
/*foreach($datesBlocked as $data) {
$data['dates'][] = $data;
}*/
if($this->Date->saveAll($data)) {
$this->Session->setFlash(__('done'));
if ($this->Session->read('UserAuth.User.user_group_id') == 1) {
// $this->redirect("/manages");
}
}
}
public function loopDates($from,$to){
$blockdates = array();
$start = strtotime($from);
$end = strtotime($to);
debug($start);
$counter = 0;
for($t=$start;$t<=$end;$t+=86400) {
$d = getdate($t);
$blockdates[$counter++] = $d['mday'].'/'.$d['mon'].'/'.$d['year'];
}
debug($blockdates);
return $blockdates;
}
issue was i can't get foreach work, if i uncomment the foreach, i got error said Illegal string offset 'dates' , so i commented that and try to only add the start date and end date to the array to see if that works, then i got another error said.
`array(
'dates' => array(
(int) 0 => '08/05/2013',
(int) 1 => '09/05/2013'
)
)
`
Notice (8): Array to string conversion [CORE\Cake\Model\Datasource\DboSource.php, line 1005]Code
cuz i'm trying to insert 2 values into one field...i know it should be sth like
`array(
'dates' => array( (int) 0 => '08/05/2013',
)
'dates' => array((int) 1 => '09/05/2013'
))
`but can't figure out how to do it. Any help would be much appreciate!!!!

Answer 1

The structure you'll want your array to save multiple dates using saveAll() is this:
array(
'Date' => array(
0 => array(
'date' => '08/05/2013',
),
1 => array(
'date' => '09/05/2013',
)
),
)

Answer 2

I know that this is a little late, but to write multiple rows in a loop, you have to proceed the save with a create().
eg:
foreach($items as $lineItem){
$this->Invoice->create();
$this->Invoice->save(array(
'user_id'=>$property['User']['id'],
'invoice_id'=>$invId['Invoices']['id'],
'item_id'=>$lineItem['item_number'],
'quantity'=>$lineItem['quantity'],
'price'=>$lineItem['mc_gross']
);
}
Just thought it was worth mentioning, hopefully it will help someone.