Delete link in baked views (index.ctp ) takes me to view.ctp instead of actually deleting

Question

I have a baked app in CakePHP 2.0.0 and the links in the baked index.ctp (posts/) in views , is sending me to view (posts/view/id and only there I can delete the Post), instead of actually deleting the element and flashing the message "Post deleted". Why is that?

Here is my baked link in View/Posts/index.ctp :

$this->Form->postLink(__('Delete'), array('action' => 'delete', $post['Post']['id']), null, __('Are you sure you want to delete %s?', $post['Post']['id']));

Here is the baked function delete in Controller/PostsController.php:

    public function delete($id = null) {
    if (!$this->request->is('post')) {
        throw new MethodNotAllowedException();
    }
    $this->Post->id = $id;
    if (!$this->Post->exists()) {
        throw new NotFoundException(__('Invalid post'));
    }
    if ($this->Post->delete()) {
        $this->Session->setFlash(__('Post deleted'));
        $this->redirect(array('action'=>'index'));
    }
    $this->Session->setFlash(__('Post was not deleted'));
    $this->redirect(array('action' => 'index'));
}

I must day that I just tested the same code in CakePHP 2.2.3 and it worked as expected: It deletes the element and flashes the message "Post deleted".

What does the baked view (specifically the delete link) look like? I would suggest updating to the latest 2.0.x if you can as that should be a safe update and might fix the problem. I do remember having quite a few problems when 2.0 came out but it has become quite stable since then. — David Gallagher

Dhirender Dhirender · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-29T13:10:51

I think you should pass the id of the element which will be deleted in delete() instead of specifying id of element seperately to delete that element

Delete link in baked views (index.ctp ) takes me to view.ctp instead of actually deleting

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