Dropdown select list in CakePHP

Question

Does anybody know how to select the contents of one take from a different view in CakePHP?

I have a take itemgroups that has 2 fields ID an

Answer 1

Assuming your model is User and the field you want to use is a list of US states (for example)...

In your controller:

$this->set('states',$this->State->find('list'));

and in your view:

input('User.state',array('type'=>'select','options'=>$states)); ?>