Re: simple "contain" question

ok, just to make sure we understand each other :)

the following is not correct:

class ModelA extends AppModel {
var $belongsTo = array('ModelB');

// i recently learn that this will raise "auto-recursive"
automatically, marvellous!
var $actsAs = array('Containable');

var $contain = array(
'ModelB' => array(
'order' => $nonexistentReference->ModelB->order
)
);
}

class ModelB extends AppModel {
var $hasMany = array('ModelA');

var $order = 'ModelB.modelb_column DESC';
}

i cannot centralize, in respective models, both ModelA contain and
ModelB order properties, cause it is not possible for models to have
references to each other...
if i decide to centralize ModelA contain i need to explicit define the
(external) order string:

class ModelA extends AppModel {
var $belongsTo = array('ModelB');

// i recently learn that this will raise "recursive" automatically ;)
var $actsAs = array('Containable');

var $contain = array(
'ModelB' => array(
'order' => 'ModelB.column DESC'
)
);
}

class ModelB extends AppModel {
var $hasMany = array('ModelA');
}

am i right?
(if so, i allow myselft to say that this is not awesome, cause i now
have a ModelB property set in the ModelA... correct me if i am wrong)

thanks again!

On Sep 26, 4:03 pm, brian <bally.z...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 9:38 AM, lorenx <lor...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > sorry...
>
> > and if i need something like this
>
> > 'contain' => array(
> >       'DpageStruct' => array(
> >               'DpageStructField' => array(
> >                       'DpageField' => array(
> >                               'Language'
> >                       ),
> >                       'HtmlInputType',
> >                       'order' => $this->OtherModel->order
> >               )
> >       )
> > )
>
> > is that the correct way to refer to the OtherModel property or not...
>
> Yes and no. You can refer to it as $this->OtherModel->order IF your
> model has a class var $order. But the order option shouldn't be inside
> your contain array, anyway.
>
> $this->YourModel->find(
>         'all',
>         array(
>                 'order' => $this->TheModel->order,
>                 'contain' => $this->TheModel->contain
>         )
> );
>
> Besides, even if you could put the 'order' option inside the 'contain'
> array, it still wouldn't work if you also want to use a class var
> $contain. ie, it wouldn't work because you can't do (in the model)
>
> var $order = array(...);
>
> var $contain = array(
>         'DpageStruct' => array(
>                 'DpageStructField' => array(
>                         'DpageField' => array(
>                                 'Language'
>                         ),
>                         'HtmlInputType',
>                         'order' => $this->order
>                 )
>         )
> );
>
> That would trigger a fatal error because you're defining a class
> variable yet using the keyword $this, which is inappropriate (there's
> no instance of the model at this point).
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