Re: CakePHP 2.0 Model relation alias, am I getting it wrong?

what happens if you use the official convention? CamelCase (not
camelBack)
'className' => 'TestRelation' etc

On 31 Okt., 13:52, John <spil...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey guys, I'm rather new in CakePHP although I've developed a couple
> small projects back in the 1.1 era.
>
> I've been puzzled with the model relation alias behavior in 2.0
> (behavior here used as literal english word not as the cakePHP
> entity).
>
> According to the docs one can name different model relation aliases
> for the same model class, i.e.
>
> class testExample extends AppModel {
>   public $hasMany = array(
>                 'testRelation1' => array( //that's the alias
>                         'className' => 'testRelation', //an existing model here
>                         'foreignKey' => 'test_relation1_id' //existing key in database
>                 ),
>                 'testRelation2' => array(
>                         'className' => 'testRelation',
>                         'foreignKey' => 'test_relation2_id' //another existing key in the
> database
>                 ),
>
> }
>
> When the queries run, they return the expected results but those
> results are not shown on page data, probably suppressed at some point.
> The "Related Test Relation1" and "Related Test Relation2" come empty.
>
> They only reason to get the data is to have the alias exactly as the
> model class name:
>   public $hasMany = array(
>                 'testRelation' => array( //same as model class name
>                         'className' => 'testRelation',
>                         'foreignKey' => 'test_relation1_id',
>                 )
>
> Even if you have just one relation like the last example and the alias
> is not exactly the model name it doesn't work again.
>
> Is this expected behavior?

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