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

Here is the code to display a select dropdown.

<?php echo $form->input('inputname', array('type'=>'select', 'options'=>$cate, 'label'=>false, 'empty'=>'Category')); ?>

where $cate is loaded with an array from a find('list') in the format

array(0 => 'option1', 1=>'option2', etc etc etc

Answer 2

You can use like this in your controller and view...

//In Controller:
    $data=$this->Model->find('list',array('conditions'=>array()));
    $this->set('data',$data);

//In View:

    echo $this->Form->select('field_name',$data,null,array("escape"=>false,"empty"=>"select"));

If you want to show initially select value in dropdown then you can pass value where use null in above line.

Answer 3

<?php 
    $arrCategory=array(1=>"Car",2=>"Boat",3=>"Bike");
    echo $form->input('inputname', array('options'=>$arrCategory, 'label'=>false,
                                  'empty'=>'Category','selected'=>'Your Value')); 
?>

Answer 4

In controller:

$Itemgroup = $this->Itemgroup->find('list',
  array(
    'fields' => array('ID','Description')
  )
);

$this->set('Itemgroup',$Itemgroup); 

In View:

$form->input('itemgroup_id', array('type' => 'select','options'=> $Itemgroup));