cakephp url not retrieving data - sql

Question

hi all when clicking the link on my page its not carrying the id from the template when going to the view page, so when the sql queries the database it is querying this
SELECT `Field`.`name`
FROM `pra`.`fields` AS `Field`
LEFT JOIN `pra`.`templates` AS `Template` ON (
`Field`.`template_id` = `Template`.`id`)
WHERE `template`.`id` IS NULL
the database says id should be = 2
here is the code for the view function
$fields = $this->Field->find('all',
array('fields'=>array('name','template_id'),
'conditions' => array('template_id' => $this->Auth->user('template.id'))));
$this->set('field', $fields);
updated code, the template_id still equals null
when hardcoded it works correctly, there is a problem with this line $this->Auth->user

Answer 1

You can try with the following code:
$fields = $this->Field->find('all',
array('fields'=>array('name'),
'conditions' => array('Field.template_id' => $this->Auth->user('template_id'))
)
);
$this->set('field', $fields);
Please be sure there must have any template_id value should be there for the current logged in user.
Kindly ask if it not worked for you.

Answer 2

Check the result of the find call, by doing a debug:
debug($fields);
This will show you the returned data from the query. You can add this to the end of your action method.
If the results are empty, double check the values that are stored in the session Auth key. You can do this by dumping out the session with debug($_SESSION) or use the CakePHP DebugKit. The Debug Kit offers you a small toolbar at the top right of the screen and lets you view session information and such.

Answer 3

function view($name){
$this->set('title_for_layout', 'Create Template');
$this->set('stylesheet_used', 'homestyle');
$this->set('image_used', 'eBOXLogoHome.jpg');
$this->layout='home_layout';
$fields = $this->Template->Field->find('list',array(
'fields'=> array('name'),
'conditions' => array(
'template_id'=> $name)));
$this->set('field', $fields);
}
it wasn't passing the param's value