The latter is preferred, i.e. the way using the select() and where()
methods. The reason is that the is a lot more flexibility in what you can
do with the new way.
A quick way to check if there if there is data in a query is:
if ($query->all()->count() > 0)
On Friday, May 1, 2015 at 10:54:43 PM UTC+2, Aaron Bird wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I am making the move from cake 2.x to 3.x
>
> I am starting a new project so figured this a good time. I have been
> reading the book alot and its starting to make more sense.
>
> I have been playing with different ways of retrieving my data and am a
> little confused as to the best practice method for retrieving data.
>
> Coming from cake 2.0 This method is familiar to me:
>
> // In a controller or table method.$query = $articles->find('all', [
> 'conditions' => ['Articles.created >' => new DateTime('-10 days')],
> 'contain' => ['Authors', 'Comments'],
> 'limit' => 10]);
>
> However, cake 3.0 seems to use this method as well
>
> $query = $articles->find('all')
> ->where(['Articles.created >' => new DateTime('-10 days')])
> ->contain(['Comments', 'Authors'])
> ->limit(10);
>
> Is one "better" than the other?
>
> Another quick question is how do I quickly identify if the above queries
> did not retrieve any data? I used to check for an empty array on the
> returned results.
>
> Many Thanks!
>
> Aaron
>
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