CakePHP 2.4中同一模型的多个编辑表单

我有一个场景，其中我有两个模型，profile和education，具有profile hasMany education关系。

然后我有一个视图，我想有多种形式：

• 用户配置文件的每个Education条目都有一个编辑表单
• 一个表单添加一个新条目

这里的问题是，我希望用每个条目的数据填充编辑表单。关于如何实现这一点，有什么想法吗

CakePHP文档指出：

FormHelper使用$this->request->data属性来自动检测是否创建添加或编辑表单。如果$this->request->data包含以表单模型命名的数组元素，并且该数组包含模型主键的非空值，则FormHelper将为该记录创建一个编辑表单

我已经成功地实现了一个编辑表单，但在我只有一个表单的情况下。

现在我有这样的东西：

EducationController.php

public class EducationController extends AppController{
/* (...) */
public function edit_index(){
$user_id = $this->Auth->user('id');
$profile = $this->Profile->find('first', array('conditions' => array('Profile.user_id' => $user_id)));
$this->set('profile', $profile);
$this->request->data = $profile;
}
/* (...) */
}

至于视图文件。。。

 <?php
    foreach ($profile['Education'] as $key => $value) {
        ?>
        <div class="history-sub-menu" id="history-1">
            <p> <?php echo $value['education'] . ' - ' . $value['school'] ?> </p>
            <?php echo $this->Html->image("arrow_bot.png") ?>    
        </div>
        <?php
        /*
         * Prints the form for editing... the id of the education entry being edited goes
         * as a parameter
         */
        echo $this->element('education_edit_form', array('hidden' => true, 'id' => $value['id']));
        ?>
        <?php
    }
    ?>
    <div class="add-sub-menu">
        <p><?php echo $add_another_position ?></p>
<?php echo $this->Html->image("plus_blue.png") ?>
    </div>
    <?php
    /*
     * Prints the form for adding... as no parameter is given as the id
     * the form assumes it is a form for adding.
     */
    echo $this->element('education_edit_form', array('hidden' => true));
    ?>

"education_edit_form"元素：

    <?php
/* Prints a form for creating or editing an user academic entry.
 * 
 * In case of edit form a variable id must be set with the identifier of 
 * the academic entry being creted.
 * 
 * Other Paramaters:
 *  hiddden - Set to true if the form should be hidden by default
 *  
 */

if (isset($hidden)) {
    ($hidden) ? $hidden = 'display:none' : $hidden = '';
} else {
    $hidden = '';
}
if (isset($id)){
   $id_string = ".$id."; 
}else{
    $id_string = ".";
}

/* String Constants */
$input_eduschool_default_text = __("School");
$input_edudegree_default_text = __("Degree");
$input_edufield_default_text = __("Field/s of Education");
$input_edugrade_default_text = __("Grade (What qualification/s did you obtain?");
$input_edudescription_default_text = __("Description");
$input_edustartdate_default_text = __("Start Date");
$input_eduenddate_default_text = __("End Date");
$submit_button_text = __("Save");
?>

<?php echo $this->Form->create('Education', array('controller' => 'Education', 'action' => 'add', 'class' => 'main', 'style' => '$hidden')); ?>  

<?php
echo $this->Form->input('Education'.$id_string.'school', array(
    'class' => 'white large',
    'placeholder' => $input_eduschool_default_text,
    'id' => 'edu-school',
    'label' => false,
    'div' => false,
    'type' => 'text'
));
?>
<?php
echo $this->Form->input('Education'.$id_string.'education', array(
    'class' => 'white large',
    'placeholder' => $input_edudegree_default_text,
    'id' => 'edu-education',
    'label' => false,
    'div' => false,
    'type' => 'text'
));
echo $this->Form->input('Education'.$id_string.'study_field', array(
    'class' => 'white large',
    'placeholder' => $input_edufield_default_text,
    'id' => 'edu-field',
    'label' => false,
    'div' => false,
    'type' => 'text'
));
echo $this->Form->input('Education'.$id_string.'qualification', array(
    'class' => 'white large',
    'placeholder' => $input_edugrade_default_text,
    'id' => 'edu-grade',
    'label' => false,
    'div' => false,
    'type' => 'text'
));
echo $this->Form->input('Education'.$id_string.'start_date', array(
    'class' => 'white one-third',
    'placeholder' => $input_edustartdate_default_text,
    'id' => 'edu-start-date',
    'label' => false,
    'div' => false,
    'type' => 'text'
));
echo $this->Form->input('Education'.$id_string.'end_date', array(
    'class' => 'white one-third',
    'placeholder' => $input_eduenddate_default_text,
    'id' => 'edu-end-date',
    'label' => false,
    'div' => false,
    'type' => 'text'
));
echo $this->Form->input('Education'.$id_string.'description', array(
    'class' => 'white large',
    'placeholder' => $input_edudescription_default_text,
    'id' => 'edu-notes',
    'label' => false,
    'div' => false,
    'type' => 'textarea',
    'rows' => '5'
));
?>

<?php
echo $this->Form->submit($submit_button_text, array(
    'class' => 'intro_submit',
    'type' => 'submit'
));
echo $this->Form->end();
?>

请注意，这是一份草稿。。。我仍然需要执行操作来处理表单数据，并在'education_edit_form'元素中进行一些额外的验证。但现在我只想知道如何用正在编辑的条目中的值填充编辑表单。

提前感谢

echo $this->Form->hidden('Education.id'); // separate form per each record

echo $this->Form->hidden('Education.' . $i . '.id'); // one form for all records