Merge pull request #383 from shama/patch-checkbox-hiddenField

Ability to set hiddenField value with FormHelper::checkbox

lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/Helper/FormHelperTest.php

@@ -4512,16 +4512,16 @@ class FormHelperTest extends CakeTestCase {
 	}
 
 /**
- * Test that the hidden input for checkboxes can be removed/omitted from the output.
+ * Test that the hidden input for checkboxes can be omitted or set to a
+ * specific value.
  *
  * @return void
  */
-	public function testCheckboxHiddenFieldOmission() {
+	public function testCheckboxHiddenField() {
 		$result = $this->Form->input('UserForm.something', array(
 			'type' => 'checkbox',
 			'hiddenField' => false
-			)
+		));
-		);
 		$expected = array(
 			'div' => array('class' => 'input checkbox'),
 			array('input' => array(
@@ -4534,6 +4534,28 @@ class FormHelperTest extends CakeTestCase {
 			'/div'
 		);
 		$this->assertTags($result, $expected);
+
+		$result = $this->Form->input('UserForm.something', array(
+			'type' => 'checkbox',
+			'value' => 'Y',
+			'hiddenField' => 'N',
+		));
+		$expected = array(
+			'div' => array('class' => 'input checkbox'),
+			array('input' => array(
+				'type' => 'hidden', 'name' => 'data[UserForm][something]',
+				'value' => 'N', 'id' => 'UserFormSomething_'
+			)),
+			array('input' => array(
+				'type' => 'checkbox', 'name' => 'data[UserForm][something]',
+				'value' => 'Y', 'id' => 'UserFormSomething'
+			)),
+			'label' => array('for' => 'UserFormSomething'),
+			'Something',
+			'/label',
+			'/div'
+		);
+		$this->assertTags($result, $expected);
 	}
 
 /**

lib/Cake/View/Helper/FormHelper.php

@@ -1232,8 +1232,10 @@ class FormHelper extends AppHelper {
 		}
 		if ($options['hiddenField']) {
 			$hiddenOptions = array(
-				'id' => $options['id'] . '_', 'name' => $options['name'],
+				'id' => $options['id'] . '_',
-				'value' => '0', 'secure' => false
+				'name' => $options['name'],
+				'value' => ($options['hiddenField'] !== true ? $options['hiddenField'] : '0'),
+				'secure' => false
 			);
 			if (isset($options['disabled']) && $options['disabled'] == true) {
 				$hiddenOptions['disabled'] = 'disabled';