Using field() would be more efficient/appropriate: field(string $name, array $conditions = null, string $order = null)
http://book.cakephp.org/view/453/field Chris On Jun 25, 5:18 am, hari priya <hpharipr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello David, > > I think you can use find('first', $params) function to retrieve your data. > > Please see the linkhttp://book.cakephp.org/view/449/find. It covers > diffrent ways of using the find function. > > Hope this may help you. > > - Haripriya > > On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 8:41 AM, David <da...@reflashed.com> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > I was curious as to what's the best way is to find a row's id based > > off another field's value. > > > example: > > > function sortByGenre($genre_name) { > > $genre = $this->Game->Genre->find('all', array('conditions'=>array > > ('value'=>$category_name))); > > $genre_id = $genre[0]['Genre']['value']; > > } > > > ...Now I know there's got to be a better way. Does cakePHP have any > > convenience functions or any other way to make this simpler? I have a > > feeling I'm approaching this in the completely wrong way. > > > David --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
