Cakephp 4 : How to save hasone data

Question

I have two database table 1) users 2) profiles

profiles has a field called bank_ac

I am trying to save it from user model.

I have created form input like

<?= $this->Form->create($user) ?>
   <?= $this->Form->control('profile.bank_ac'); ?>
<?= $this->Form->end() ?>

User model I have added associative like

$this->hasOne('Profiles');

After debug getting data like

[
    'name' => 'Jone',
    'email' => '[email protected]',
    'profile' => [
        'bank_ac' => '1212212'
    ]
]

after debug patch entity

object(App\Model\Entity\User) {

    'name' => 'Jone',
    'email' => '[email protected]',
    '[new]' => true,
    '[accessible]' => [
        'name' => true,
        'email' => true,
        'created' => true,
        'modified' => true
    ],
    '[dirty]' => [
        'name' => true,
        'email' => true,
        'profile' => true
    ],
    '[original]' => [],
    '[virtual]' => [],
    '[hasErrors]' => false,
    '[errors]' => [],
    '[invalid]' => [],
    '[repository]' => 'Users'

}

In UsersController/add I have applied code like

public function add(){

        $user = $this->Users->newEmptyEntity();

        $user = $this->Users->patchEntity($user, $this->request->getData());

        $this->Users->save($user, ['associated' => ['Profiles']]);

}

Profile data not saving , also not getting any error. How can I save this associative data ?

Answer 1

Looking at your entity debug result, the profile field is missing from the accessibility config, hence disallowing its use in mass assignment (patching).

Add it to your User::$_accessible property, and it should work:

protected $_accessible = [
    // ...
    'profile' => true,
];

See also

• Cookbook > Database Access & ORM > Entities > Mass Assignment