> I am not a big fan of the model system because its very limiting if you have
> advanced queries.
How did you come to that conclusion?
...
If you properly created your models and associations, a simple find
('all') will give you: Team, Roster, Game and League models with all
the relevant info.
On Dec 4, 6:23 pm, gearvOsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ok in my current system (its a gaming league) I have packages. I will
> use a Team package as an example. In this Team package I have a method
> getTeamInfo() which calls out to external queries. I do this so I only
> have to write a query once and can access its results through a method
> call. I prefer this way instead of having to write the same query over
> and over for different instances.
>
> require('teamExt.php');
> require('userExt.php');
>
> class Team {
>
> public static function getTeamInfo($team_id) {
> $team = TeamExt::getTeamInfo($team_id);
>
> if (!empty($team)) {
> $team['roster'] = TeamExt::getRoster($team_id);
> $team['games'] = TeamExt::getGamesPlayed($team_id);
> $team['stats'] = TeamExt::getStats($team_id);
> $team['leader'] =
> UserExt::getUser($team['leader_id']);
> }
>
> return $team;
> }
>
> }
>
> Now when I call Team::getTeamInfo I should have its team info, roster,
> games played, the team leader and league statistics. Now the problem
> with CakePHP is its model system. I am not a big fan of the model
> system because its very limiting if you have advanced queries. I was
> thinking of doing it this way:
>
> Class Team = Model Team
> TeamExt = Team Behavior
> UserExt = User Behavior
>
> $team = $this->Team->getTeamInfo();
>
> But how would I do custom queries in a behavior? And the logic for
> behavior is wrong with my idea anyways. Anyone have an idea of how I
> can accomplish my setup in CakePHP, because this is the one thing
> stopping me from using CakePHP. And no I will not use joins.
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