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<?php echo $this->Form->create('MyModel');?>
 

  

 <?php
  echo $this->Form->input('id');
  echo $this->Form->input('name');
 ?>
 
<?php echo $this->Form->end(__('Submit', true));?>

This creates a nice form with a submit button at the end that every self respecting user can press to create a new record or modify the data of an existing one. It is also logical that you place a link to the index page somewhere near the form, so your users know where to go in case they change their mind about altering the database data.

With my users this time is was different. The form had to contain a cancel button. So how does one do it? If you are using the cake bake script and wish to have two nice round green buttons right at the bottom of your form then replace the last two lines of the previous code fragment with the following:

     ...
     

         <?php echo $this->Form->submit(__('Submit', true), array('name' => 'ok', 'div' => false)); ?>
         <?php echo $this->Form->submit(__('Cancel', true), array('name' => 'cancel','div' => false)); ?>
     
                        
 <?php echo $this->Form->end();?>

The next thing to know from inside the controller code, is which button was pressed before the data were posted and that is available inside the 'form' array of the Controller::params property. So a simple modification like the one on the following code :

        public function edit($id = null)
        {
            if (!$id && empty($this->data)) {
               $this->Session->setFlash(__('Invalid property', true));
               $this->redirect(array('action' => 'index'));
            }

            if (!empty($this->data)) {
                // abort if cancel button was pressed      
                if (isset( $this->params['form']['cancel'])) {
                    $this->Session->setFlash(__('Changes were not saved. User cancelled.', true));
                    $this->redirect( array( 'action' => 'index' ));
                }

                // proceed to save changes as usual
        }

... and everyone is happy.