Re: The docs for Containable does not work for complex search. Complex search is 2 models away. For cake 1.3

> i need to use Merchant model to do a find of all 4 related data.
> notice that Domain is the only one NOT directly related to Merchant.
>
> i tried this in a method inside Merchant model:
>
> $this->Behaviors->attach('Containable');
> $this->User->Behaviors->attach('Containable');
> $this->Shop->Behaviors->attach('Containable');
> $this->Shop->Domain->Behaviors->attach('Containable');
>
> $this->recursive = -1;
> $this->User->recursive = -1;
> $this->Shop->recursive = -1;
> $this->Shop->Domain->recursive = -1;
>
> return $this->find('first',
>                array(
>                  'contain'=>array(
>                                         'User',
>                                         'Shop' => array('Domain' ),
>
>                                        ),
>                'conditions' => $conditions
>        ));
>
> http://book.cakephp.org/view/1323/Containable has errors in terms of
> telling you where to place the conditions. my way is correct as of 1.3
> Cakephp

return $this->find('first', array(
// conditions for the main model
'conditions'=>array(),
// contain
'contain'=>array(
'User'=>array(
// conditions for the user model
'conditions'=>array('User.status'=>1),
'Other', 'Models', 'From', 'User'
),
'Shop'=>array('Domain'),
)
));

hth

Jon

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