cakephp: saveAll is not working - php

Question

The saveAll is not working can some one help me in finding what is the problem.I have included the controller's action, the array passed to saveAll and the model of it.
The controllers action containing the saveAll looks like the following-
public function add_customer_order() {
if ($this->request->is('post')) {
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$this->CustomerOrderItem->create();
if ($this->CustomerOrderItem->saveAll($customer_order_item)) {
$this->Session->setFlash('The customer order Items has been saved successfully.', 'default/flash_success');
}
else {
$this->Session->setFlash('The customer order Items not been saved successfully.', 'default/flash_success');
}
}
}
The array $customer_order_item looks as follows-
array(
'CustomerOrderItem' => array(
(int) 0 => array(
'id' => '',
'quantity' => '400',
'unit_cost' => '77',
'pending_quantity' => '400',
'packaging_configuration_quantity' => '20',
'exercise_duty_id' => '0',
'tax_id' => '5',
'customer_order_id' => '',
'master_article_id' => '22'
),
(int) 1 => array(
'id' => '',
'quantity' => '200',
'unit_cost' => '77',
'pending_quantity' => '200',
'packaging_configuration_quantity' => '20',
'exercise_duty_id' => '0',
'tax_id' => '5',
'customer_order_id' => '',
'master_article_id' => '25'
),
(int) 2 => array(
'id' => '',
'quantity' => '400',
'unit_cost' => '77',
'pending_quantity' => '400',
'packaging_configuration_quantity' => '20',
'exercise_duty_id' => '1',
'tax_id' => '5',
'customer_order_id' => '',
'master_article_id' => '23'
),
(int) 3 => array(
'id' => '',
'quantity' => '200',
'unit_cost' => '77',
'pending_quantity' => '200',
'packaging_configuration_quantity' => '20',
'exercise_duty_id' => '1',
'tax_id' => '5',
'customer_order_id' => '',
'master_article_id' => '24'
),
(int) 4 => array(
'id' => '',
'quantity' => '200',
'unit_cost' => '77',
'pending_quantity' => '200',
'packaging_configuration_quantity' => '20',
'exercise_duty_id' => '1',
'tax_id' => '5',
'customer_order_id' => '',
'master_article_id' => '27'
)
)
)
The model looks as follows-
<?php
App::uses('AppModel', 'Model');
/**
* CustomerOrderItem Model
*
* #property CustomerOrder $CustomerOrder
* #property MasterArticle $MasterArticle
*/
class CustomerOrderItem extends AppModel {
/**
* Validation rules
*
* #var array
*/
public $validate = array(
'customer_order_id' => array(
'numeric' => array(
'rule' => array('numeric'),
//'message' => 'Your custom message here',
//'allowEmpty' => false,
//'required' => false,
//'last' => false, // Stop validation after this rule
//'on' => 'create', // Limit validation to 'create' or 'update' operations
),
),
'master_article_id' => array(
'numeric' => array(
'rule' => array('numeric'),
//'message' => 'Your custom message here',
//'allowEmpty' => false,
//'required' => false,
//'last' => false, // Stop validation after this rule
//'on' => 'create', // Limit validation to 'create' or 'update' operations
),
),
);
//The Associations below have been created with all possible keys, those that are not needed can be removed
/**
* belongsTo associations
*
* #var array
*/
public $belongsTo = array(
'CustomerOrder' => array(
'className' => 'CustomerOrder',
'foreignKey' => 'customer_order_id',
'conditions' => '',
'fields' => '',
'order' => ''
),
'MasterArticle' => array(
'className' => 'MasterArticle',
'foreignKey' => 'master_article_id',
'conditions' => '',
'fields' => '',
'order' => ''
)
);
}

Answer 1

I am pretty sure it is a data issue either due to validation or null in db.
debug the contents of debug($this->request->data);
debug the invalid fields if any debug($this->Submission->invalidFields());. Make sure you call this after you have issues validates() request or saveAll()

Answer 2

Try
if ($this->CustomerOrderItem->saveAll($this->request->data)) {

Answer 3

First of all remove all the validation rules and then check again if error is still coming.if not then there must be issue with data validation rules or null value of 'customer_order_id'.