Model not saved to database - php

Question

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `web_subjects` (
`id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`web_subject_category_id` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
`title` varchar(128) DEFAULT NULL,
`type` varchar(128) DEFAULT NULL,
`description` text,
`description_long` text,
`editable` int(1) DEFAULT NULL,
`deletable` int(1) DEFAULT NULL,
`published` int(1) DEFAULT NULL,
`order_number` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
`created` timestamp NULL DEFAULT NULL,
`modified` timestamp NULL DEFAULT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
)
ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 AUTO_INCREMENT=19 ;
Model
class WebSubject extends AppModel
{
public $name = "WebSubject";
public $belongsTo = array("WebSubjectCategory");
public $validate = array(
'title' => array(
'rule' => 'notEmpty',
'message' => "Completati denumirea!"
)
);
public $hasMany = array(
'Image' => array(
'className' => 'WebFile',
'foreignKey' => 'entity_id',
'conditions' => array(
'Image.type' => 'image',
'Image.entity_table_name' => 'web_subjects'
),
'order' => array('Image.order_number ASC', 'Image.id DESC'),
'dependent' => true
),
'Video' => array(
'className' => 'WebFile',
'foreignKey' => 'entity_id',
'conditions' => array(
'Video.type' => 'video',
'Video.entity_table_name' => 'web_subjects'
),
'order' => array('Video.order_number ASC', 'Video.id DESC'),
'dependent' => true
)
);
}
Controller Action
public function admin_page_add(){
if(!empty($this->request->data))
{
$this->WebSubject->create($this->data["WebSubject"]);
$this->WebSubject->type = 'page';
//debug($this->WebSubject);
if($this->WebSubject->save()){
//debug($this->WebSubject);
//die(0);
$this->Session->setFlash("Pagina a fost salvata!", "flash/simpla_success");
$this->redirect('pages');
}
else{
$this->Session->setFlash("Pagina NU a fost salvata!", "flash/simpla_error");
}
}
}
The problem is that the model appeares to be saved and I am redirected as expected, but it doesn't get inserted into the database.
Using debug(Model) I saw that the id that the model is taking is incremented (like it is inserted and then deleted).
I used sql_dump - no trace of INSERT.
And, of course, no validation errors.
What am I missing ?

Answer 1

User this
This is my model
<?php
App::uses('AppModel', 'Model');
/**
* CarModel Model
*
* #property Manufacturer $Manufacturer
* #property Showroom $Showroom
*/
class CarModel extends AppModel {
/**
* Display field
*
* #var string
*/
public $displayField = 'model';
/**
* Validation rules
*
* #var array
*/
public $validate = array(
'manufacturer_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
),
),
'model' => array(
'notempty' => array(
'rule' => array('notempty'),
//'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(
'Manufacturer' => array(
'className' => 'Manufacturer',
'foreignKey' => 'manufacturer_id',
'conditions' => '',
'fields' => '',
'order' => ''
)
);
/**
* hasMany associations
*
* #var array
*/
public $hasMany = array(
'Showroom' => array(
'className' => 'Showroom',
'foreignKey' => 'car_model_id',
'dependent' => false,
'conditions' => '',
'fields' => '',
'order' => '',
'limit' => '',
'offset' => '',
'exclusive' => '',
'finderQuery' => '',
'counterQuery' => ''
),
'RequestCar' => array(
'className' => 'RequestCar',
'foreignKey' => 'car_model_id',
'dependent' => false,
'conditions' => '',
'fields' => '',
'order' => '',
'limit' => '',
'offset' => '',
'exclusive' => '',
'finderQuery' => '',
'counterQuery' => ''
)
);
}
?>
My controller
/**
* admin_add method
*
* #return void
*/
public function admin_add() {
$this->layout = 'admin_layout';
if ($this->request->is('post')) {
$this->CarModel->create();
if ($this->CarModel->save($this->request->data)) {
$this->Session->setFlash(__('The car model has been saved'));
$this->redirect(array('action' => 'index'));
} else {
$this->Session->setFlash(__('The car model could not be saved. Please, try again.'));
}
}
$manufacturers = $this->CarModel->Manufacturer->find('list');
$this->set(compact('manufacturers'));
}

Answer 2

$this->WebSubject->save();
saves nothing as there is no data! (Edit : this statement is wrong as said in comments.)
Put:
$this->WebSubject->save($this->request->data);
save() function docs