Re: Associating model aliases

Thanks, a little more information is needed!
Please show the code from the controller, where you are using $this-
>Message->find.
Are you using the Containable behaviour or just the recursive option?
Enjoy,
John

On Sep 29, 1:43 pm, Mario <mario.calli...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> thank you for your reply.
>
> As stated, is done exactly as in the Cookbook:
>
> <?php
> class Message extends AppModel {
>     var $name = 'Message';
>     var $belongsTo = array(
>         'Sender' => array(
>             'className' => 'User',
>             'foreignKey' => 'user_id'
>         ),
>         'Recipient' => array(
>             'className' => 'User',
>             'foreignKey' => 'recipient_id'
>         )
>     );}
>
> ?>
>
> <?php
> class User extends AppModel {
>     var $name = 'User';
>     var $hasMany = array(
>         'MessageSent' => array(
>             'className' => 'Message',
>             'foreignKey' => 'user_id'
>         ),
>         'MessageReceived' => array(
>             'className' => 'Message',
>             'foreignKey' => 'recipient_id'
>         )
>     );
>
>     var $hasOne = 'Profile'; // this for the Profile association}
>
> ?>
>
> Best,
>
> Mario
>
> On Sep 29, 12:35 pm, John Andersen <j.andersen...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Please provide information on how you relates the message model with
> > the other models?
> > Enjoy,
> >    John
>
> > On Sep 29, 12:52 pm, Mario <mario.calli...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Hi all,
>
> > > probably a not so difficult question, but I am a newbie to CakePHP and
> > > would really appreciate some advice.
>
> > > I have coded something exactly following the situation described inhttp://book.cakephp.org/view/851/Multiple-relations-to-the-same-model
> > > that is: a User model, a Message model, Sender and Recipient aliases.
> > > Everything works smoothly.
>
> > > Then I have a Profile model one-to-one associated with User, here as
> > > well following the Cookbookhttp://book.cakephp.org/view/80/hasOne
> > > <?php
> > > class User extends AppModel {
> > >     var $name = 'User';
> > >     var $hasOne = 'Profile';}
>
> > > ?>
> > > andhttp://book.cakephp.org/view/81/belongsTo
> > > <?php
> > > class Profile extends AppModel {
> > >     var $name = 'Profile';
> > >     var $belongsTo = 'User';}
>
> > > ?>
> > > Relationship working fine except for the following...
>
> > > The problem I have is that $this->Message->find('all') in
> > > MessagesController doesn't return the Profile data for the Sender and
> > > the Recipient. They are aliases of User, so I can expect that maybe
> > > some extra code is needed somewhere.
>
> > > I tried to modify the Profile model into something like:
> > >   var $belongsTo = array(
> > >     'User',
> > >     'Sender' => array(
> > >       'className' => 'User',
> > >       'foreignKey' => 'user_id'
> > >     ),
> > >     'Recipient'...
> > >   );
>
> > > Doesn't work, half expected it, because it seems more important in
> > > this case to declare that the Sender (Recipient) 'hasOne' Profile. But
> > > where and how, not having a Sender (Recipient) model?
>
> > > Thank you in advance,
>
> > > Mario
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