cakephp 3 prefill user details in textbox

Question

I have update profile view and my form is fully working. I need when i load this form it should be pre filled with database values instead of empty. i dont want to use sessions. I am using cakephp 3.8 version and in update_profile.ctp file i have below code

echo $this->Form->control('firstname',['minlength'=>3, 'value'=>'' ]);
echo $this->Form->control('lastname',['minlength'=>3]);

Please show your code for loading the existing user entity, and for creating the form (not the form controls, which you have here already, but the actual `create` call). — Greg Schmidt, Oct 14 '19 at 19:20
public function updateProfile() { $user = $this->Users->newEntity(); $userId = $this->Auth->user('id'); //echo $this->Auth->user('firstname'); $userData = $this->Users->get($this->Auth->user('id')); if ($this->request->is('post')) { //has post data execution code } } $this->set(compact('user')); } — Amol Bhandari SJ, Oct 16 '19 at 03:39

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 14 '19 at 15:49

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We can pass data into update_profile.ctp file from controller using $this->set(compact('Users'));

here users is a table into database which has fields named 'firstname', 'lastname'

Then we can use it in our form like

echo $this->Form->control('firstname',['minlength'=>3, 'value'=>'' ]);
echo $this->Form->control('lastname',['minlength'=>3]);

answered Oct 14 '19 at 15:49

Anik Roy

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I already have it Anik any other solution?. I dont want to use session. – Amol Bhandari SJ Oct 16 '19 at 03:41

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 16 '19 at 07:19

Given below is the updated function

public function updateProfile() {
     $user = $this->Users->newEntity();
     $userId = $this->Auth->user('id');
     $userData = $this->Users->get($this->Auth->user('id'));
     if ($this->request->is('post')) {
       //has post data execution code
     }
     //$this->set(compact('user'));
     $this->set(compact('userData'));
 }

You had passed "user" variable, you have to pass userData since in this variable u have fetched the user details. Once this is passed form will get pr-populated.

cakephp 3 prefill user details in textbox

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