I'm reviewing the CakePHP documentation and, about forms and the FormHelper, I'm a bit confused about options to set default values for inputs.
From documentation:
Default option (here):
$options['default'] Used to set a default value for the input field. The value is used if the data passed to the form does not contain a value for the field (or if no data is passed at all).
Selected option (here):
$options['selected'] Used in combination with a select-type input (i.e. For types select, date, time, datetime). Set ‘selected’ to the value of the item you wish to be selected by default when the input is rendered:
Later, for FormHelper::select (here):
Creates a select element, populated with the items in $options, with the option specified by $attributes['value'] shown as selected by default.
The only thing of which I am sure, I have to use "checked" for checkboxes:
You cannot use default to check a checkbox - instead you might set the value in $this->request->data in your controller, or set the input option checked to true.
Is there anyone who can explain me clearly how to use these options? Thank you very much.
Value: The content of the value attribute, i.e. <input value="Foo" />
Default: A default value if none is provided (e.g. in $this->request->data).
Checked: A checkbox can be checked, which is unrelated to the value attribute, i.e. <input type="checkbox" value="yes" checked="checked" />
Hope that helps.