cakephp - Can't submit form using create(); -

so have method inside of my:

jobscontroller.ctp:

<?php namespace app\controller;  use app\controller\appcontroller; use cake\orm\tableregistry;      /**      * jobs controller      *      * @property \app\model\table\jobstable $jobs      */     class jobscontroller extends appcontroller     {         public $name = 'jobs';          public function add()             {                     //some vars assigning skipped, var job empty                     $this->set('job','job');                     $this->job->create();             }     } 

and have view form itself:

add.ctp:

<?= $this->form->create($job); ?>     <fieldset>         <legend><?= __('add job listing'); ?></legend>         <?php              echo $this->form->input('title');             echo $this->form->input('company_name');             echo $this->form->input('category_id',array(                                     'type' => 'select',                                     'options' => $categories,                                     'empty' => 'select category'                                     ));              echo $this->form->input('type_id',array(                                     'type' => 'select',                                     'options' => $types,                                     'empty' => 'select type'                                     ));              echo $this->form->input('description', array('type' => 'textarea'));             echo $this->form->input('city');             echo $this->form->input('contact_email');                        ?>     </fieldset> <?php      echo $this->form->button('add');     $this->form->end();  ?> 

also table class:

jobstable.php

<?php  namespace app\model\table;  use cake\orm\table;  class jobstable extends table {     public function initialize(array $config)     {         $this->belongsto('types', [             'foreignkey' => 'type_id',             'jointype' => 'inner',         ]);         $this->belongsto('categories', [             'foreignkey' => 'category_id',             'jointype' => 'inner',         ]);     }  } 

and when submit it, gives me next error:

error: call member function create() on boolean

no idea how fix. have entity

job.php:

<?php namespace app\model\entity;  use cake\orm\entity;  /**  * job entity.  */ class job extends entity {      /**      * fields can mass assigned using newentity() or patchentity().      *      * @var array      */     protected $_accessible = array(         'category_id' => true,         'user_id' => true,         'type_id' => true,         'company_name' => true,         'title' => true,         'description' => true,         'city' => true,         'contact_email' => true,         'category' => true,         'user' => true,         'type' => true,     ); } 

so how fix error, appears on form submit?

error: call member function create() on boolean

i guess need with $this->set('job'); ? i'm not sure exactly

by convention default, auto-loadable table controller based on controller name without trailing controller, jobscontroller table class named jobs(table) can autoloaded.

in case table class cannot loaded (for example because doesn't exist, or because name doesn't match 1 derived controller name), magic getter handles return false, boolean, , trying call method on, hence error.

create() btw doesn't exist anymore, should have @ orm migration guide, , docs in general grasp on how things work.

so either use $this->jobs , make sure have table class named jobstable, or override default model use (controller::_setmodelclass()), or load desired table manually (tableregistry::get() or controller::loadmodel()).

see also

• cookbook > database access & orm
• cookbook > controllers > loading additional models