CakePHP - Data validtation

[heroic]

Hi! I am new to cakePHP, and have been trying to develop an application with it. While using cakePHP i created a model with these validation rules...

var $validate = array(
        'name' => array(
            'rule'=>array('minLength', 1), 
            'message'=>'Name is required' ),
        'email' => array(
            'rule'=>'email', 
            'message'=>'Must be a valid email address' )
            );

the controller goes as

$this->inviteApply->set($this->data);
                if($this->inviteApply->validates())
                    {
                        $this->inviteApply->save($this->data);
                    }
                else
                    {
                        die();
                    }

Nw with this, according to all docuemntin and examples.. the data should be validated and errors should be reported... nthng like that seems to be happening...