Cannot convert value of type string to a decimal Cakephp 4.3

Need Help
1

how can i properly debug this bug? the data come from an input field via request … what can I do?

Cakephp 4.3

2

More information is definitely needed here. What specific line of code is causing this error? A full stack trace would be ideal.

3

thanks for the quick reply, what is the best way to post the full stack of trace here? the error output comes with every save call whether single or … many or … manyOrFail

Cannot convert value of type string to a decimal

InvalidArgumentException

CORE/src/Database/Type/DecimalType.php Toggle Arguments

) {
return strval($value);
}
``
throw new InvalidArgumentException(sprintf(
'Cannot convert value of type%s to a decimal',
getTypeName($value)
));
}

the DB table field is DECIMAL

thanku for help

4

You are passing a string which cannot be stored as decimal. I assume you are from a region which uses some character besides dot as decimal place separator. If so you should enable locale based parsing.

5

thanks for the tip … it seems to be relatively complicated, I’ll try :slight_smile: