This was very helpful, thanks a lot. I'm very new to Cake and this explained a good chunk I was confused about.
On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 5:41 PM, cricket <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 6:16 PM, jphenow <[email protected]> wrote: > > Okay so two questions very related: > > > > 1) Does following the naming convention for classes, controllers, > database > > fields, etc. affect the framework's ability to work the way it was > > intended? > > It makes things simpler, although there are mechanisms for going > against the convention. One can set Model::useTable, for example. > > > 2) This question is more important if 1 is a yes. Say I have a table that > > has 2 foreign keys pointing at the same table but different entries > (they're > > like edges of a graph that point at two vertices) how would I follow the > > naming convention of their database fields? All I can think to do is > > something like vertex_1_id and vertex_2_id but I don't know how the > > framework would handle that if the naming conventions are necessary for > its > > functioning correctly. > > To establish associations between models, one uses an alias for the > array key, then provide the class name inside the array, like so: > > public $hasOne = array( > 'SomeAlias' => array( > 'className' => 'ActualClassName', > ... > ) > ); > > Usually, alias and className will be the same. But, having an alias > alows us to create multiple associations to the same class. We can > also provide the FK column name in the association. So, in your case, > you might do something like: > > public $hasOne = array( > 'MinPoint' => array( > 'className' => 'Vertice', > 'foreignKey' => 'min_vertice_id', > 'dependent' => true > ), > 'MaxPoint' => array( > 'className' => 'Vertice', > 'foreignKey' => 'max_vertice_id', > 'dependent' => true > ) > ); > > And the table for YourClass would have both min_vertice_id and > max_vertice_id FKs that point to a vertices.id (Vertice.id) > > -- > Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials > http://tv.cakephp.org > Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help > others with their CakePHP related questions. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] For more options, visit this group > at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php > -- Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php
