CakePHP - problem with saving from select field

i have a problem i can't figure out

in my cake app i have a form that saves multiple data..

one of my input fields is a select field so i have in the view:

echo $form->input('Booking.room_id', array(
    'type' => 'select',
    'options' => $booking_options
));

where $booking_options is an array that outputs:

Array
(
    [23] => Room name1
    [24] => Room name2
)

so when i save the form... the values 开发者_如何学JAVAin the Booking table for room_id are not 23 or 24 but instead they save as 13 and 14 where can be the problem?

Not the answer to your problem, but you should try the Cake way of populating Select boxes properly!

In your controller:

function add() {
   $this->set('rooms',$this->Booking->Room->find('list'));
}

In your Form

$this->Form->input('room_id');

This will automatically create a select box with the rooms found in the find('list'), this lowers the chance on errors.

(make sure the 'rooms' table uses the fields 'id' and 'name')