Unable to save data in database manually and get latest auto increment id, cakePHP
- by shabby
I have checked this question as well and this one as well. I am trying to implement the model described in this question.
What I want to do is, on the add function of message controller, create a record in thread table(this table only has 1 field which is primary key and auto increment), then take its id and insert it in the message table along with the user id which i already have, and then save it in message_read_state and thread_participant table.
This is what I am trying to do in Thread Model:
function saveThreadAndGetId(){
//$data= array('Thread' => array());
$data= array('id' => ' ');
//Debugger::dump(print_r($data));
$this->save($data);
debug('id: '.$this->id);
$threadId = $this->getInsertID();
debug($threadId);
$threadId = $this->getLastInsertId();
debug($threadId);
die();
return $threadId;
}
$data= array('id' => ' ');
This line from the above function adds a row in the thread table, but i am unable to retrieve the id. Is there any way I can get the id, or am I saving it wrongly?
Initially I was doing the query thing in the message controller:
$this->Thread->query('INSERT INTO threads VALUES();');
but then i found out that lastId function doesnt work on manual queries so i reverted.