# How to hide url bar showing id while editing form in cakephp 3.6.7

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**Created:** [August 3, 2018, 8:27am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/how-to-hide-url-bar-showing-id-while-editing-form-in-cakephp-3-6-7/4659 "2018-08-03T08:27:38Z")
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### Author: ![dash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@dash](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/dash)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2018, 8:27am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/how-to-hide-url-bar-showing-id-while-editing-form-in-cakephp-3-6-7/4659/1 "2018-08-03T08:27:38Z")

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how to hide url bar showing id while editing form in cakephp 3.6.7

_this is a link_  
**echo $this-\>Html-\>link(\_\_(‘Edit’, true), array(‘action’=\>‘edit’, $loggeduser[‘id’])) ;**

_url bar is:_  
**[http://localhost/cakeapp/authexs/edit/](http://localhost/cakeapp/authexs/edit/)_83_**  
how to hide **83** …?

please help me

thanks & regards,  
Darshan

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### Author: ![Salines](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.cakephp.org/salines/32/3166_2.png) [@Salines](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/Salines)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2018, 1:30pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/how-to-hide-url-bar-showing-id-while-editing-form-in-cakephp-3-6-7/4659/2 "2018-08-03T13:30:19Z")

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How to reference posts for editing?

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### Author: ![rrd](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.cakephp.org/rrd/32/113_2.png) [@rrd](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/rrd)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2018, 9:29pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/how-to-hide-url-bar-showing-id-while-editing-form-in-cakephp-3-6-7/4659/3 "2018-08-03T21:29:16Z")

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If the id is the logged in user. Than you can just remove it from the link and manually ad it at the controller

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### Author: ![dash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@dash](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/dash)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2018, 5:55am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/how-to-hide-url-bar-showing-id-while-editing-form-in-cakephp-3-6-7/4659/4 "2018-08-04T05:55:58Z")

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if removing id how to get exact value…?

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### Author: ![dash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@dash](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/dash)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2018, 6:45am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/how-to-hide-url-bar-showing-id-while-editing-form-in-cakephp-3-6-7/4659/5 "2018-08-04T06:45:02Z")

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anyone give solution for the bellow error…?

**Class ‘Security’ not found**

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### Author: ![dash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@dash](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/dash)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2018, 7:00am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/how-to-hide-url-bar-showing-id-while-editing-form-in-cakephp-3-6-7/4659/6 "2018-08-04T07:00:00Z")

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> [@dash](#):
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> Class ‘Security’ not found

working fine…

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### Author: ![rrd](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.cakephp.org/rrd/32/113_2.png) [@rrd](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/rrd)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2018, 7:25am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/how-to-hide-url-bar-showing-id-while-editing-form-in-cakephp-3-6-7/4659/7 "2018-08-04T07:25:56Z")

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If you use `AuthComponent` than it is `$this->Auth->user('id')`

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### Author: ![dash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@dash](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/dash)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2018, 7:28am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/how-to-hide-url-bar-showing-id-while-editing-form-in-cakephp-3-6-7/4659/8 "2018-08-04T07:28:25Z")

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i am using encryption and decryption method

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### Author: ![rrd](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.cakephp.org/rrd/32/113_2.png) [@rrd](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/rrd)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2018, 7:29am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/how-to-hide-url-bar-showing-id-while-editing-form-in-cakephp-3-6-7/4659/9 "2018-08-04T07:29:42Z")

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In any way you should have the user data in your session, right? 🙂

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### Author: ![dash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@dash](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/dash)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2018, 7:30am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/how-to-hide-url-bar-showing-id-while-editing-form-in-cakephp-3-6-7/4659/10 "2018-08-04T07:30:36Z")

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ya…😀

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### Author: ![dash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@dash](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/dash)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2018, 7:31am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/how-to-hide-url-bar-showing-id-while-editing-form-in-cakephp-3-6-7/4659/11 "2018-08-04T07:31:36Z")

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if any doubts ill get back to you

thanks & regards,  
Darshan

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### Author: ![elhotrod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cab0a1/32.png) [@elhotrod](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/elhotrod)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2018, 4:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/how-to-hide-url-bar-showing-id-while-editing-form-in-cakephp-3-6-7/4659/12 "2018-08-08T16:11:14Z")

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You can use a username field or a slug field and route the queries using the username or slug instead of the ID