> I'm creating a search page in my website and I want to take advantage
> of cakephp's find('list') command.

> Here is a snippet of my controller's code,

> $collections = $this->Exhibit->Collection->find('list',
>                                                                 array(
>                                                                         'order' => 'Collection.name ASC',
>                                                                         'fields' => array('Collection.id', 'Collection.name')
>                                                                 ));
> $this->set(compact('collections'));

> Now in here, I want to generate a list of collections with their
> corresponding id and name.

> For my view,

> I have this one:

> <?php echo $form->input('collection_id', array('label'=> false)); ?>

> As you can see, it will try to create a combobox based from my
> collections list. My problem is that since i'm doing a search here, I
> want to have a blank field display at the top most of my combobox
> which find('list') can't seem to handle.

> Please help.

> Thanks,

> Mario

> or

> <?php echo $form->input('collection_id', array('label'=> false,
> 'empty' => 'Please select...')); ?>

> On Sep 28, 1:48 pm, mario <marioqta...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > Hello everyone,

> > I'm creating a search page in my website and I want to take advantage
> > of cakephp's find('list') command.

> > Here is a snippet of my controller's code,

> > $collections = $this->Exhibit->Collection->find('list',
> >                                                                 array(
> >                                                                         'order' => 'Collection.name ASC',
> >                                                                         'fields' => array('Collection.id', 'Collection.name')
> >                                                                 ));
> > $this->set(compact('collections'));

> > Now in here, I want to generate a list of collections with their
> > corresponding id and name.

> > For my view,

> > I have this one:

> > <?php echo $form->input('collection_id', array('label'=> false)); ?>

> > As you can see, it will try to create a combobox based from my
> > collections list. My problem is that since i'm doing a search here, I
> > want to have a blank field display at the top most of my combobox
> > which find('list') can't seem to handle.

> > Please help.

> > Thanks,

> > Mario