[FIXED] cakephp 2.4.6 and array output

Issue

When I am try pick a manufacturer name and upload the manufacturer logo image I want the image name to the manufacturer name. But the file name is always Array.

Can someone check the below code and tell me what is wrong?

View.ctp

<fieldset>
                        <label>Manufacturer</label>
                        <?php


                        echo $this->Form->input('manufacturer_id', array('options' => $manufacturers));
                        ?>
                    </fieldset> 

controller.ctp

$manufacturer_name=$this->Manufacturer->findById($product_data['Product']['manufacturer_id']);
$new_image_name =  $manufacturer_name;

Solution

Cakephp 2 returns query result in the form of [ModelName] array.

You can access any field by using [ModelName][fieldName]

Array
(
    [ModelName] => Array
        (
            [id] => 83
            [field1] => value1
            [field2] => value2
            [field3] => value3
        )

    [AssociatedModelName] => Array
        (
            [id] => 1
            [field1] => value1
            [field2] => value2
            [field3] => value3
        )
)

You can access Manufacturer name as (assuming manufacturer name is stored in name column)

$new_image_name =  $manufacturer_name['Manufacturer']['name'];

For further reading: https://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/models/retrieving-your-data.html

Answered By - Sehdev