associations saving many to many workign now catalogs

src/Controller/ExternalProductCatalogsController.php

@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ class ExternalProductCatalogsController extends AppController
                 ],
             ];
             $postData = $this->request->getData();
-
+            Log::debug(print_r('$postData', true));
+            Log::debug(print_r($postData, true));
             $externalProductCatalog = $this->ExternalProductCatalogs->patchEntity($externalProductCatalog, $postData, $saveOptions);
             if ($this->ExternalProductCatalogs->save($externalProductCatalog, $saveOptions)) {
                 $this->Flash->success(__('The external product catalog has been saved.'));

src/Model/Entity/ExternalProductCatalog.php

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 
 namespace CakeProducts\Model\Entity;
 
+use Cake\I18n\DateTime;
 use Cake\ORM\Entity;
 
 /**
@@ -11,10 +12,11 @@ use Cake\ORM\Entity;
  * @property int $id
  * @property string $base_url
  * @property string $api_url
- * @property \Cake\I18n\DateTime $created
+ * @property DateTime $created
- * @property \Cake\I18n\DateTime|null $deleted
+ * @property DateTime|null $deleted
  *
- * @property \CakeProducts\Model\Entity\ProductCatalog[] $product_catalogs
+ * @property ProductCatalog[] $product_catalogs
+ * @property ExternalProductCatalogsProductCatalog[] $external_product_catalogs_product_catalogs
  */
 class ExternalProductCatalog extends Entity
 {
@@ -33,6 +35,6 @@ class ExternalProductCatalog extends Entity
         'created' => true,
         'deleted' => true,
         'enabled' => true,
-        'product_catalogs' => true,
+        'external_product_catalogs_product_catalogs' => true,
     ];
 }

src/Model/Table/ExternalProductCatalogsProductCatalogsTable.php

@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 
 namespace CakeProducts\Model\Table;
 
+use ArrayObject;
+use Cake\Core\Configure;
 use Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface;
 use Cake\Datasource\ResultSetInterface;
+use Cake\Event\EventInterface;
 use Cake\ORM\Association\BelongsTo;
 use Cake\ORM\Behavior\TimestampBehavior;
 use Cake\ORM\Query\SelectQuery;
@@ -55,6 +58,9 @@ class ExternalProductCatalogsProductCatalogsTable extends Table
 
         $this->addBehavior('Timestamp');
 
+        $this->setEntityClass(
+            Configure::read('CakeProducts.ExternalProductCatalogsProductCatalogs.entity', 'CakeProducts\Model\Entity\ExternalProductCatalogsProductCatalog')
+        );
         $this->belongsTo('ExternalProductCatalogs', [
             'className' => 'CakeProducts.ExternalProductCatalogs',
 //            'foreignKey' => 'external_product_catalog_id',
@@ -84,13 +90,18 @@ class ExternalProductCatalogsProductCatalogsTable extends Table
             ->notEmptyString('product_catalog_id');
 
         $validator
-            ->boolean('enabled')
+            ->boolean('enabled');
-            ->requirePresence('enabled', 'create')
-            ->notEmptyString('enabled');
 
         return $validator;
     }
 
+    public function beforeMarshal(EventInterface $event, ArrayObject $data, ArrayObject $options)
+    {
+        if (!isset($data['enabled'])) {
+            $data['enabled'] = false;
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns a rules checker object that will be used for validating
      * application integrity.

tests/TestCase/Controller/ExternalProductCatalogsControllerTest.php

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class ExternalProductCatalogsControllerTest extends BaseControllerTest
 //        $this->enableCsrfToken();
 //        $this->enableSecurityToken();
         $this->disableErrorHandlerMiddleware();
-        $this->ExternalProductCatalogs = $this->getTableLocator()->get('ExternalProductCatalogs');
+        $this->ExternalProductCatalogs = $this->getTableLocator()->get('CakeProducts.ExternalProductCatalogs');
     }
 
     /**
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ class ExternalProductCatalogsControllerTest extends BaseControllerTest
     public function testAddPostSuccess(): void
     {
         $cntBefore = $this->ExternalProductCatalogs->find()->count();
+        $linksBefore = $this->ExternalProductCatalogs->ExternalProductCatalogsProductCatalogs->find()->count();
 
         $this->loginUserByRole('admin');
         $url = [
@@ -160,13 +161,19 @@ class ExternalProductCatalogsControllerTest extends BaseControllerTest
             'base_url' => 'http://localhost:8766',
             'api_url' => 'http://localhost:8766/api/v1/',
             'enabled' => true,
+            'external_product_catalogs_product_catalogs' => [
+                ['product_catalog_id' => '115153f3-2f59-4234-8ff8-e1b205761428'],
+            ]
         ];
         $this->post($url, $data);
         $this->assertResponseCode(302);
         $this->assertRedirectContains('external-product-catalogs');
 
         $cntAfter = $this->ExternalProductCatalogs->find()->count();
+        $linksAfter = $this->ExternalProductCatalogs->ExternalProductCatalogsProductCatalogs->find()->count();
+
         $this->assertEquals($cntBefore + 1, $cntAfter);
+        $this->assertEquals($linksBefore + 1, $linksAfter);
     }
 
     /**