CakePHP extending FormHelper makes errors not report correctly
cakephp, class, formhelper, php
Solution
Well, as my comment solved your problem, I take the liberty to write it as an answer... ;-) By the way, I'm happy I could help you !
To me this seems a quite logical approach.
Not sure if that can be the problem, but did you use your AppFormHelper for the whole form ? I often use a custom helper inheriting from FormHelper myself, and mixing the core helper with mine can bring some problems, for example if you use the SecurityComponent.
Maybe something similar is happening here ?
Problem
I am working on an application using CakePHP (2.x) and I was reusing some settings whenever I was creating a form, so I decided to extend the default FormHelper class that would automatically load the default values if nothing else was passed into it (see code below). ``` <?php class AppFormHelper extends FormHelper { public function input($fieldName, $options = array()) { $defaults = array( 'class' => 'input', 'div' => array( 'class' => 'button-height block-label margin-bottom' ) ); $options = Set::merge($defaults, $options); return parent::input($fieldName, $options); } } ``` At first glance, this appeared to work perfectly when calling it in my view like this `$this->AppForm->input('test');`. But, when that form is submitted and has an error, that error is not being displayed to the screen. When calling `$this->Form->input('test')` and there is an error, a div is created that looks something like this: ``` <div class="error-message">This form had an error</div> ``` Ultimately, I just want to have an easy way to replicate input options for the FormHelper, and thought this was the right way to do it, but since it's creating problems, I am not sure anymore. Anyone know how to make the errors show up again, or have a better solution for providing default options for the FormHelper. Thanks!