Thank you both for your responses.I will try these out and post back.
On Mar 11, 7:28 am, ohcibi <i...@dwgadf.de> wrote:
> if you have two different types of photos for your news, which should
> use the same photo-model you can define other model-aliases..... like
> this:
>
> app/models/article.php:
> var $hasAndBelongsToMany = array(
> 'Photo' => array(
> 'className' => 'Photo', // should be the name of the Photo-
> Model
> // rest of habtm defintion of the normal photos
> )
> );
> var $belongsTo = array(
> 'MainPhoto' => array(
> 'className' => 'Photo', // should be the name of the Photo-
> model
> )
> );
>
> app/models/photo.php
> var $hasAndBelongsToMany = array(
> 'Article'=> array(
> 'className' => 'Article'
> )
> );
> var $hasMany = array(
> 'Article' => array(
> 'className' => 'Article'
> )
> );
>
> providing a main_photo_id field in your articles-table you can now do
> normal find()'s and cake will fetch all the 'Photos' which are related
> via habtm and the one 'MainPhoto' as they were two different models...
> no need for an extra field in the join-table.
>
> you could also define the relation like Article hasOne MainPhoto and
> Photo belongsTo Article (and then you have to provide an article_id
> field in your photos-table), but then you cant use the same MainPhoto
> for different articles.... its up to you how to do it, but basically,
> if you want to use the same model for different relations, you can use
> different alias-names for this model
>
> On Mar 11, 11:52 am, Xoubaman <xouba...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Just model it like a normal HABTM relationship, no special syntaxis,
> > and add the field in the database.
>
> > When saving, try this:
>
> >http://teknoid.wordpress.com/2008/09/24/saving-extra-fields-in-the-jo...
>
> > I haven't done it before, so i can't secure his fiability, but looks
> > good.
>
> > On Mar 11, 10:38 am, mattalexx <mattal...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > What's the syntax for adding an "extra field" to the
> > > $hasAndBelongsToMany var?
>
> > > Thank you for you response.
>
> > > On Mar 11, 2:43 am, Xoubaman <xouba...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > You can model it like a normal HABTM relationship with an extra field
> > > > named main_photo.
>
> > > > On Mar 11, 8:30 am, mattalexx <mattal...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > My articles have and belong to many photos. This is so when the photo
> > > > > is seen somewhere else on the site, I can have a "see related
> > > > > articles". Each article also has one main photo. I can't seem to
> > > > > figure out the syntax for this in APP/models/article.php file and in
> > > > > APP/models/photo.php.
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