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[Benn Oshrin <>]

You might already have know about this, but I just accidentally 
discovered it.

"Assuming that User hasAndBelongsToMany Group. In your controller, set a 
camelCase plural variable (group -> groups in this case, or 
ExtraFunkyModel -> extraFunkyModels) with the select options. In the 
controller action you would put the following:

$this->set('groups', $this->User->Group->find('list'));
And in the view a multiple select can be created with this simple code:

echo $this->Form->input('Group');
"

http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-libraries/helpers/form.html

So basically input() will turn a field into a select if it sees a plural 
variable matching the field name.

-Benn-