CakePHP Form Error to add a class

Question

Is there a way to test if a particular text field has an error so that i can add a Class to highlight the who text box

<div class="form-group">
    <?php echo $this->Form->label('name', 'Name:', array('class' => 'col-sm-2 control-label')); ?>
    <div class="col-sm-10">
        <?php echo $this->Form->text('name', array('required' => false, 'class' => 'form-control input-lg')); ?>
        <?php echo $this->Form->error('name', null, array('class' => 'label label-block label-danger text-left', 'wrap' => 'label')); ?>
    </div>
</div>

i want to add has-error to <div class="form-group"> div if name has any errors

You should think about using a CakePHP plugin for Bootstrap to avoid these problem, most of them would automatically add the `has-error` class to the `form-group` div if there is an error in `name`. — Holt, Aug 10 '15 at 09:05

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 10 '15 at 09:10

You can use

$this->Form->isFieldError('fieldname');

<div class="form-group <?= ($this->Form->isFieldError('name'))? 'has-error': '' ; ?>">
    <?php echo $this->Form->label('name', 'Name:', array('class' => 'col-sm-2 control-label')); ?>
    <div class="col-sm-10">
        <?php echo $this->Form->text('name', array('required' => false, 'class' => 'form-control input-lg')); ?>
        <?php echo $this->Form->error('name', null, array('class' => 'label label-block label-danger text-left', 'wrap' => 'label')); ?>
    </div>
</div>

CakePHP Form Error to add a class

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