I'm new to CakePHP, I was wondering if there is a way to echo information from the database using a foreach loop but only have HTML links on images where the id is 1 & 7. What's the best way of achieving this?
<?php if ( isset($articles) ){ ?>
<?php foreach($articles as $article):?>
<?php echo ($this->Html->image($article['Post']['picture'], array('alt' => 'storyimage', 'class' => 'smallimg'));?>
<h3 class="caps"><?php echo $article['Post']['genre'];?></h3>
<h2><?php echo $article['Post']['story'];?></h2>
<div id="contentbox2">
</div>
<?php endforeach; ?>
<?php } ?>
This is how it looks in the veiw, my database in looks image data is stored like this: suki-burberry-sq_500_500_90_s_c1.jpg Would it be best to echo all the data individually without the foreach loop or could I write an if statement?
If you want only to get the 1 & 7 id you can do this, assuming that it is a predefined number. If it is dynamic or changeable you can do that in your controller.
<?php if ( isset($articles) ){ ?>
<?php foreach($articles as $article):?>
<?php if ($article['Post']['id']==1 || if ($article['Post']['id']==7) ): ?>
<?php echo ($this->Html->image($article['Post']['picture'], array('alt' => 'storyimage', 'class' => 'smallimg'));?>
<h3 class="caps"><?php echo $article['Post']['genre'];?></h3>
<h2><?php echo $article['Post']['story'];?></h2>
<div id="contentbox2">
</div>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php endforeach; ?>
<?php } ?>
Best way is to find from your Model only what you needed.
with the condition $conditions=array('Post.id'=>array(1,7));