Shouldn't be in afterFind? When data grabbed from DB, You iterate
throug them and add do sth like this
$this->data[$n]['User']['whole_name'] = $this->data[$n]['User']
['name'] . " " . $this->data[$n]['User']['last_name'];
right?
On Nov 6, 7:12 pm, David Roda <
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> Thanks euromark.
>
> what type of logic would I be performing in beforeFind() to accomplish this
> goal?
>
> On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 6:01 AM, euromark (munich) <
>
>
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>
> > there are behaviours for that (multiple_display_field)
> > or you do it manually by using "beforeFind()" in your model
>
> > On 5 Nov., 23:22, Dave <
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> > > Hi fellow CakePHP enthusiasts.
>
> > > I have a problem which I'm sure is probably pretty simple but I am not
> > > sure how to do it.
>
> > > I have a standard Users table with first name, last name, etc.
>
> > > What I would like to do is set the displayField of the Users model to
> > > a concatenation of first_name . " " . last_name
>
> > > Now I am thinking that I can accomplish this by creating a custom
> > > field in my model which concatenates these two fields, and set the
> > > displayField to this, but I am not sure how to go about creating the
> > > custom field.
>
> > > Thanks in advance for any help! I really appreciate it.
>
> > > David Roda
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