What euromark said. If the model is the primary usage within the
controller, I use the $uses and any associations off of the user. If I
really need an external model, I would use loadModel().
For example in a users controller, only user would be in $uses.
On Dec 19, 4:31 pm, euromark <dereurom...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> I use var $uses for the primary model of the controller
> e.g.
> Posts => uses Post
> Contact => uses Tools.Contact (Plugin model)
> MembersController => uses User
> Account => uses User
> etc
>
> I also think this is the normal use case for this property and would
> never put more than one model into it.
> The main reason you got that is that there are controllers (see
> Account) that need to use a custom model (inflections won't work
> here).
> that's why you can override it manually.
> it most cases, of course, you don't even have to touch this property.
>
> On 20 Dez., 01:11, roundrightfarm <roundrightf...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Is there ever a time when it is considered best practices to use var
> > $uses for access to a model from a controller. The cakephp manual
> > seems to say to use $this->Model->AssociatedModel when there is an
> > association and $this->loadModel('UnassociatedModel') when there
> > isn't. Does var $uses not appear in well written code?
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