Expanding Helper an View functionaility to accept deep nested entitities.

This allows the form helper to render inputs with arbitrary number of dot separated parts

cake/libs/view/helper.php

@@ -541,31 +541,10 @@ class Helper extends Overloadable {
  */
 	function tagIsInvalid($model = null, $field = null, $modelID = null) {
 		$view =& ClassRegistry::getObject('view');
-		foreach (array('model', 'field', 'modelID') as $key) {
-			if (empty(${$key})) {
-				${$key} = $this->{$key}();
-			}
-		}
-		
 		$errors = $this->validationErrors;
-		
+		$entity = $view->entity();
-		if (!empty($view->entityPath)) {
+		if (!empty($entity)) {
-			$check = $view->entityPath;
+			return Set::extract($errors,join('.',$entity));
-			$path = explode('.',$check);
-			if (count($path) == 1 || is_numeric($path[0]))  {
-				$check = $model . '.' . $check;
-			}
-			return Set::extract($errors,$check);
-		}
-		
-		if ($view->model !== $model && isset($errors[$view->model][$model])) {
-			$errors = $errors[$view->model];
-		}
-
-		if (!isset($modelID)) {
-			return empty($errors[$model][$field]) ? 0 : $errors[$model][$field];
-		} else {
-			return empty($errors[$model][$modelID][$field]) ? 0 : $errors[$model][$modelID][$field];
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -586,8 +565,10 @@ class Helper extends Overloadable {
 			$this->setEntity($options);
 			return $this->domId();
 		}
-
+		
-		$dom = $this->model() . $this->modelID() . Inflector::camelize($view->field) . Inflector::camelize($view->fieldSuffix);
+		$entity = $view->entity();
+		$model = array_shift($entity);
+		$dom = $model . join('',array_map(array('Inflector','camelize'),$entity));
 
 		if (is_array($options) && !array_key_exists($id, $options)) {
 			$options[$id] = $dom;
@@ -626,18 +607,7 @@ class Helper extends Overloadable {
 				$name = $field;
 			break;
 			default:
-				$entity = $view->entity();
+				$name = 'data[' . join('][', $view->entity()) . ']';
-				if (!empty($view->entityPath)) {
-					$check = $view->entityPath;
-					$path = explode('.',$check);
-					$model = $this->model();
-					if ((count($path) == 1 && $model != $this->field()) || is_numeric($path[0])) {
-						debug($model); debug($this->field());
-						array_unshift($path,$model);
-					}
-					$entity = $path;
-				}
-				$name = 'data[' . join('][', $path) . ']';
 			break;
 		}
 
@@ -676,35 +646,9 @@ class Helper extends Overloadable {
 		$view =& ClassRegistry::getObject('view');
 		$result = null;
 		
-		$modelName = $this->model();
+		$entity = $view->entity();
-		$fieldName = $this->field();
+		if (!empty($this->data) && !empty($entity)) {
-		$modelID = $this->modelID();
+			$result = Set::extract($this->data,join('.',$entity));
-		
-		if (!empty($this->data) && !empty($view->entityPath)) {
-			$check = $view->entityPath;
-			$path = explode('.',$check);
-			if ((count($path) == 1 && $this->model() != $this->field()) || is_numeric($path[0])) {
-				$field =  $this->model() . '.' . $check;
-			}
-			$result = Set::extract($this->data,$check);
-		}
-
-		if (is_null($fieldName)) {
-			$fieldName = $modelName;
-			$modelName = null;
-		}
-		
-		if (isset($this->data[$fieldName]) && $modelName === null) {
-			$result = $this->data[$fieldName];
-		} elseif (isset($this->data[$modelName][$fieldName])) {
-			$result = $this->data[$modelName][$fieldName];
-		} elseif (isset($this->data[$fieldName]) && is_array($this->data[$fieldName])) {
-			if (ClassRegistry::isKeySet($fieldName)) {
-				$model =& ClassRegistry::getObject($fieldName);
-				$result = $this->__selectedArray($this->data[$fieldName], $model->primaryKey);
-			}
-		} elseif (isset($this->data[$modelName][$modelID][$fieldName])) {
-			$result = $this->data[$modelName][$modelID][$fieldName];
 		}
 
 		if (is_array($result)) {

cake/libs/view/view.php

@@ -609,6 +609,19 @@ class View extends Object {
  */
 	function entity() {
 		$assoc = ($this->association) ? $this->association : $this->model;
+		if (!empty($this->entityPath)) {
+			$path = explode('.',$this->entityPath);
+			$count = count($path);
+			if (
+				($count == 1 && !empty($this->association)) ||
+				($count == 1 &&  $this->model != $this->entityPath) ||
+				($count  == 2 && !empty($this->fieldSuffix)) ||
+				is_numeric($path[0])
+			) {
+				array_unshift($path,$assoc);
+			}
+			return Set::filter($path);
+		}
 		return array_values(Set::filter(
 			array($assoc, $this->modelId, $this->field, $this->fieldSuffix)
 		));

cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helper.test.php

@@ -645,6 +645,10 @@ class HelperTest extends CakeTestCase {
 			$this->Helper->data['HelperTestPost']['title'] = 'My Title';
 			$result = $this->Helper->value('title');
 			$this->assertEqual($result,'My Title');
+			
+			$this->Helper->data['My']['title'] = 'My Title';
+			$result = $this->Helper->value('My.title');
+			$this->assertEqual($result,'My Title');
 		}
 		
 		

cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helpers/form.test.php

@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ class ValidateItem extends CakeTestModel {
  */
 	var $_schema = array(
 		'id' => array('type' => 'integer', 'null' => '', 'default' => '', 'length' => '8'),
-		'profile_id' => array('type' => 'integer', 'null' => '', 'default' => '', 'length' => '8'),
+		'' => array('type' => 'integer', 'null' => '', 'default' => '', 'length' => '8'),
 		'name' => array('type' => 'text', 'null' => '', 'default' => '', 'length' => '255'),
 		'description' => array(
 			'type' => 'string', 'null' => '', 'default' => '', 'length' => '255'
@@ -709,6 +709,8 @@ class FormHelperTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		unset($this->Form->Html, $this->Form, $this->Controller, $this->View);
 		Configure::write('Security.salt', $this->oldSalt);
 	}
+	
+
 
 /**
  * testFormCreateWithSecurity method
@@ -1602,7 +1604,7 @@ class FormHelperTest extends CakeTestCase {
 			'/option',
 			'/select',
 			'/div'
-		); debug($result,true);
+		);
 		$this->assertTags($result, $expected);
 
 		$result = $this->Form->input('email', array(
@@ -5477,17 +5479,95 @@ class FormHelperTest extends CakeTestCase {
 	}
 	
 	function testMultiRecordForm() {
-			$this->Form->create('ValidateProfile');
+		$this->Form->create('ValidateProfile');
-			$this->Form->validationErrors['ValidateProfile'][2]['ValidateItem'][1]['name'] = 'Error in field name';
+		$this->Form->data['ValidateProfile'][1]['ValidateItem'][2]['name'] = 'Value';
-			$result = $this->Form->error('ValidateProfile.2.ValidateItem.1.name');
+		$result = $this->Form->input('ValidateProfile.1.ValidateItem.2.name');
-			$this->assertTags($result, array('div' => array('class' => 'error-message'), 'Error in field name', '/div'));
+		$expected = array(
-			
+			'div' => array('class' => 'input textarea'),
-			$this->Form->validationErrors['ValidateProfile'][2]['city'] = 'Error in field city';
+				'label' => array('for' => 'ValidateProfile1ValidateItem2Name'),
-			$result = $this->Form->error('ValidateProfile.2.city');
+					'Name',
-			$this->assertTags($result, array('div' => array('class' => 'error-message'), 'Error in field city', '/div'));
+				'/label',
-			
+				'textarea' => array(
-			$result = $this->Form->error('2.city');
+					'id' => 'ValidateProfile1ValidateItem2Name',
-			$this->assertTags($result, array('div' => array('class' => 'error-message'), 'Error in field city', '/div'));
+					'name' => 'data[ValidateProfile][1][ValidateItem][2][name]',
+					'cols' => 30,
+					'rows' => 6
+				),
+				'Value',
+				'/textarea',
+			'/div'
+		);
+		$this->assertTags($result, $expected);
+		
+		$result = $this->Form->input('ValidateProfile.1.ValidateItem.2.created',array('empty' => true));
+		$expected = array(
+			'div' => array('class' => 'input date'),
+			'label' => array('for' => 'ValidateProfile1ValidateItem2CreatedMonth'),
+			'Created',
+			'/label',
+			array('select' => array(
+				'name' => 'data[ValidateProfile][1][ValidateItem][2][created][month]',
+				'id' => 'ValidateProfile1ValidateItem2CreatedMonth'
+				)
+			),
+			array('option' => array('value' => '')), '', '/option',
+			$this->dateRegex['monthsRegex'],
+			'/select', '-',
+			array('select' => array(
+				'name' => 'data[ValidateProfile][1][ValidateItem][2][created][day]',
+				'id' => 'ValidateProfile1ValidateItem2CreatedDay'
+				)
+			),
+			array('option' => array('value' => '')), '', '/option',
+			$this->dateRegex['daysRegex'],
+			'/select', '-',
+			array('select' => array(
+				'name' => 'data[ValidateProfile][1][ValidateItem][2][created][year]',
+				'id' => 'ValidateProfile1ValidateItem2CreatedYear'
+				)
+			),
+			array('option' => array('value' => '')), '', '/option',
+			$this->dateRegex['yearsRegex'],
+			'/select',
+			'/div'
+		);
+		$this->assertTags($result, $expected);
+		
+		$this->Form->validationErrors['ValidateProfile'][1]['ValidateItem'][2]['profile_id'] = 'Error';
+		$this->Form->data['ValidateProfile'][1]['ValidateItem'][2]['profile_id'] = '1';
+		$result = $this->Form->input('ValidateProfile.1.ValidateItem.2.profile_id');
+		$expected = array(
+			'div' => array('class' => 'input text error'),
+			'label' => array('for' => 'ValidateProfile1ValidateItem2ProfileId'),
+			'Profile',
+			'/label',
+			'input' => array(
+				'name' => 'data[ValidateProfile][1][ValidateItem][2][profile_id]', 'type' => 'text',
+				'value' => '1',
+				'id' => 'ValidateProfile1ValidateItem2ProfileId',
+				'maxlength' => 8,
+				'class' => 'form-error'
+			),
+			array('div' => array('class' => 'error-message')),
+			'Error',
+			'/div',
+			'/div'
+		);
+		$this->assertTags($result, $expected,true);
+	}
+	
+	function testMultiRecordFormValidationErrors() {
+		$this->Form->create('ValidateProfile');
+		$this->Form->validationErrors['ValidateProfile'][2]['ValidateItem'][1]['name'] = 'Error in field name';
+		$result = $this->Form->error('ValidateProfile.2.ValidateItem.1.name');
+		$this->assertTags($result, array('div' => array('class' => 'error-message'), 'Error in field name', '/div'));
+		
+		$this->Form->validationErrors['ValidateProfile'][2]['city'] = 'Error in field city';
+		$result = $this->Form->error('ValidateProfile.2.city');
+		$this->assertTags($result, array('div' => array('class' => 'error-message'), 'Error in field city', '/div'));
+		
+		$result = $this->Form->error('2.city');
+		$this->assertTags($result, array('div' => array('class' => 'error-message'), 'Error in field city', '/div'));
 	}
 }
 ?>