and what your problem concerns... both should behave EXACTLY the same in your case what you tell us is not what I ever experienced before
did you pr() both models? my guess: the model relation setup is not correct - maybe ClassRegistry gets you an AppModel instance? On 7 Apr., 06:30, Miles J <[email protected]> wrote: > App::import() is basically a glorified file includer. > > ClassRegistry::init() is a registry class and only works with models. > It internally calls App::import(). > > On Apr 6, 5:08 pm, adam_g2000 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi Guys, > > > Before continuing, I have a basic understanding of what they do (and > > their syntax), but have hit upon something I find strange, and > > worrying. > > > I needed to import a foreign model into a controller and initially > > tried this: > > > App::import('Model','Category'); > > $cat = new Category(); > > $cats = $cat->find('all', array('conditions' => > > array('Category.status' => '1'))); > > $this->set('categories', $cats); > > > What I discovered when I tried to access the data in a view (and > > debugging) was that $categories['Category']['title'] did not work, it > > failed. Debugging showed me that in fact it was being returned in > > lowercase, so I'd have to use $categories['category']['title'] (note > > lowercase c). This wasn't acceptable as I wanted to reuse an *element* > > I'd created for the original Category controller set and views. > > > So after some searching I discovered and tried this: > > > $cat = ClassRegistry::init('Category'); > > $cats = $cat->find('all', array('conditions' => > > array('Category.status' => '1'))); > > $this->set('categories', $cats); > > > ...which worked perfectly, however I'm using Cake 1.3 and the entry > > for this indicates (though I'm not 100% sure on this) that App::import > > is preferred, and that ClassRegistry may be deprecated. > > > So have I screwed up App::import? Can I get a sanity check on the > > code? > > > Should I be concerned about using ClassRegistry::init? > > > Thanks in advance for any pointers, > > > Adam. -- 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
