$this->request->is('post') returns FALSE on form submit

Question

The MODEL

class CompanyCategory extends AppModel
{
    public $name = "CompanyCategory";

    public $hasMany = array(
        "Company"
    );
}

The CONTROLLER

public function admin_edit($id = null){

            //debug($this->request);
            //exit(0);
            if($id == null){
                $this->Session->setFlash("ID categorie eronat!", "flash/simpla_error");
                $this->redirect("index");
            }
            if($this->request->is('post')){
                if($this->CompanyCategory->save($this->request->data)){
                    $this->Session->setFlash("Categoria a fost salvata!", "flash/simpla_success");
                }
                else{
                    $this->Session->setFlash("Categoria NU a fost salvata!", "flash/simpla_error");
                }
            }
            else{
                $this->Session->setFlash("READ!", "flash/simpla_error");
                $this->request->data = $this->CompanyCategory->read(null, $id);
            }
        }

The VIEW

<div class="content-box">
    <div class="content-box-header">
        <h3>Editeaza categorie firme</h3>
    </div>
    <div class="content-box-content">
        <?php
            echo $this->Form->create("CompanyCategory", array(
                'inputDefaults' => array(
                    'error' => array(
                        'attributes' => array(
                            'wrap' => 'span', 
                            'class' => 'input-notification error png_bg'
                        )                   
                    )
                )
            ));
        ?>

        <?=$this->Form->input('id', array('type' => 'hidden'))?>

        <?=$this->Form->input('title', array('class' => "text-input small-input", 'label' => 'Denumire'))?>

        <?=$this->Form->submit('Salveaza', array('class' => "button"))?>
    </div>
</div>

My problem is that when submiting the form, the controller returns false for request->is('false');

If I set explicitly in the view to the form helper inside the create method the type as 'post' it works as expected.

It is a little bit frustrating while the form method is already post without setting it.

Am I doing something wrong ?

Answer 1

use this controller

public function admin_edit($id = null) {
        $this->layout = 'admin_layout';
        $this->CompanyCategory->id = $id;
        if (!$this->CompanyCategory->exists()) {
            throw new NotFoundException(__('Invalid CompanyCategory model'));
        }
        if ($this->request->is('post') || $this->request->is('put')) {
            if ($this->CompanyCategory->save($this->request->data)) {
                $this->Session->setFlash(__('The CompanyCategory model has been saved'));
                $this->redirect(array('action' => 'index'));
            } else {
                $this->Session->setFlash(__('The CompanyCategory model could not be saved. Please, try again.'));
            }
        } else {
            $this->request->data = $this->CompanyCategory->read(null, $id);
        }

    }

Answer 2

I'm not sure what framework you are using for this but my guess would be in the view in the $this->Form->create()

There should be an option for you to set the form action type to post.

If you view the html where there PHP code is generating the form is it creating the action property of the ? My guess is its probably doing GET by default.