# Why is my data not getting saved into my database?
**URL:** https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/why-is-my-data-not-getting-saved-into-my-database/9739
**Category:** Need Help
**Created:** [September 24, 2021, 4:02pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/why-is-my-data-not-getting-saved-into-my-database/9739 "2021-09-24T16:02:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Herzberg](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/Herzberg)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2021, 4:02pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/why-is-my-data-not-getting-saved-into-my-database/9739/1 "2021-09-24T16:02:02Z")
Hi, i am working on a edit function in my UsersController but the value that i provide will not being updated inside of my database even if the object has got the correct value:
Controller:
$user-\>profile-\>image = $name;
debug($user);
exit;
}
}
```
if ($this->Users->save($user)) {
$this->Flash->success(__('The user has been saved.'));
return $this->redirect(['action' => 'index']);
}
$this->Flash->error(__('The user could not be saved. Please, try again.'));
}
$this->set(compact('user'));
```
* * *
APP/Controller/UsersController.php (line 167)
object(App\Model\Entity\User) id:0 {
‘id’ =\> (int) 22
‘created’ =\> object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) id:1 { }
‘modified’ =\> object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) id:2 { }
‘profile’ =\> object(App\Model\Entity\Profile) id:3 {
‘id’ =\> (int) 20
‘user\_id’ =\> (int) 22
‘name’ =\> ‘Mike’
‘image’ =\> ‘681668.jpg’
The value ‘image’ of the object is correct here but he does not write it into the database. If I change other values it will work fine. just the value that i write into the object with
$user-\>profile-\>image = $name; will not being updated inside of the database.
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### Author:  [@Zuluru](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/Zuluru)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2021, 4:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/why-is-my-data-not-getting-saved-into-my-database/9739/2 "2021-09-24T16:11:51Z")
If you recently added the `image` column, you need to clear your model cache.
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### Author:  [@Zuluru](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/Zuluru)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2021, 4:13pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/why-is-my-data-not-getting-saved-into-my-database/9739/3 "2021-09-24T16:13:23Z")
You might also need to `$user->setDirty('profile', true)` so that the user record knows that there’s an update in the profile that needs to be saved.
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### Author:  [@Herzberg](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/Herzberg)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2021, 4:48pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/why-is-my-data-not-getting-saved-into-my-database/9739/4 "2021-09-24T16:48:23Z")
okay thank you! now its working…