I am trying to create a drop down menu (option) and to fill this drop down i have sent an array list to the view:
$country = $this->country_list;
$this->set(compact('country'));
Now my question is does cake have a buildin method for me to set an input field using ($this->Form->input()) with the data of the array list?
take this example
$sizes = array(
's' => 'Small',
'm' => 'Medium',
'l' => 'Large'
);
echo $this->Form->input('size', array('options' => $sizes, 'default' => 'm'));
In the controller, set the value
$this->set('countries', $this->Country->find('list', array('fields' => 'Country.name')));
To show the dropdown box in the view
$this->Form->input('country_id');
Country model and a country_id field but he didn't mention about it. Also: $this->Country->find(...) works only in CountriesController but I don't think this is the case
