I think the main model has to be first. Have a look at
Controller::constructClasses(). Specifically, this line:
$modelClassName = $uses[0];
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 8:44 AM, DavidH<djhollingwo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> What's the convention for specifying additional models in the
> controller $uses variable?
>
> I have a controller, DashboardsController, that needs to access the
> KpiLevel and KpiColour models as well as the Dashboard model. So my
> controller starts:
>
> class DashboardsController extends AppController {
>
> var $name = 'Dashboards';
> var $helpers = array('Html', 'Form');
> var $components = array('Auth');
> var $uses = array('Dashboard', 'KpiLevel', 'KpiColour');
>
> .....
> }
>
> Which works fine. However until a few minutes ago my $uses was set to:
>
> var $uses = array('KpiLevel', 'Dashboard', 'KpiColour');
>
> Then when I called my index method:
>
> function index() {
> $this->Dashboard->recursive = 0;
> $this->set('dashboards', $this->paginate());
> }
>
> the $dashboards in my view was missing all of the dashboard
> information, it only had the related information.
>
> So there appears to be some significance in the order of the models in
> the $uses statement; but I can't find it documented anywhere.
>
> Thanks
>
> David
> >
>
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